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Contact: Sandra Hines
shines@u.washington.edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington
Caption: University of Washington students work with students, parents and teachers from a local elementary school restoring an area around storm water retention ponds at the school. To discourage Himalayan blackberries and other invasive species from growing back, cardboard is an inexpensive and effective barrier.
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