{"id":346,"date":"2013-06-05T07:59:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T06:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plrltd.co.uk\/?p=346"},"modified":"2013-06-28T10:25:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T09:25:51","slug":"volunteers-to-help-tackle-non-native-invasive-plants-in-east-lancashire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plrltd.co.uk\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers to help tackle non-native invasive plants in East Lancashire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">Using an extra \u00a315,000 of funding received from DEFRA,\u00a0<\/span>the Ribble Rivers Trust is offering specialist\u00a0training\u00a0to volunteers to help clear <!--more-->local waterways and paths of the non-native invasive weeds\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">Japanese knotweed,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">Himalayan balsam and giant hogweed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Adam Walmsley, the trust&#8217;s invasive species officer, said: &#8216;The Calder catchment 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