Pushing the field of phytoremediation forward on PHTYO Day!
Phyto Day offers various demonstrations to prevent landfill chemicals from spreading! These scientists were the minds behind some of the case studies featured in Kate Kennen and Niall Kirkwood’s book Phyto: Principles and Resources for Site Remediation and Landscape Design 1st Edition.
Check out “Brent DeBauche, with the University of Missouri, measures the circumference of a poplar tree as he discusses the Silviculture of poplar phytoremediation systems during a demonstration of various field applications of agroforestry phytoremediation buffer systems at the Boundary Road Landfill in Menomonee Falls on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.” Also find “Ron Zalesny, a supervisory plant geneticist with the USDA Forest Service speaks about Specialized poplar trees during a demonstration of various field applications of agroforestry phytoremediation buffer systems at the Boundary Road Landfill in Menomonee Falls on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.” Source: MIKE DE SISTI / MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, https://www.jsonline.com/picture-gallery/news/2022/08/18/phyto-day-demonstrations-prevent-spread-landfill-chemicals/7627667001/)
Here is the link to the story!
Photo source: MIKE DE SISTI / MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINE