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The Loudoun Invasive Removal Alliance
Loudoun County, Virginia—known both as the “Napa Valley of the East” and “Data Center Alley”—is now also home to what is arguably the nation’s largest grassroots invasive-plant removal movement. The Loudoun Invasive Removal Alliance (LIRA), formed in 2023, is a coalition of 86 HOAs and communities representing more than 229,000 residents as of November 2025.…
Forest Lakes Stewardship Area
Organized efforts to control invasive plants within the Forest Lakes community in Albemarle County began in January 2025. That’s when long-time resident John Oliver solicited volunteers to join him…
Glenmore Stewardship Area
Glenmore’s stewardship story began in the summer of 2023 when Liza Moorman invited a trainer from Blue Ridge PRISM to meet with her and several interested residents at her home in the community…
Duke Hollow Stewardship Area
The goal of the Duke Hollow (DH) PRISM site (Clarke County) is to create a demonstration project showing that a few people can manage invasive plants on a scale of several hundred acres…
Snow Mountain Stewardship Area
PRISM’s first success story is still being written, but it is off to a great beginning. A landowner and PRISM member in Greene County, Jim Hurley, is the Area Steward for Snow Mountain on the lower slopes of Hightop Mountain…
Dutch Creek Stewardship Area
The core landowners in the Dutch Creek Area Stewardship in Nelson County are neighbors who know each other well. They have worked and socialized together for fifteen years. ..
