It’s Weed Appreciation Day!

Weeds are those plants that quickly colonize damaged sites and protect the soil while the original plants move back in. Damages from fires, floods, storms, and human impacts (construction, toxic pollution, etc.) threatens soils and the lives of everything and everyone above. As human population and its impacts grow, and as climate change accelerates, weeds become more and more important to wild plants, animals, and people.

While serving as our natural first responders, weeds provide other services. They supply food, fiber, and medicine for wildlife and people. As climate ...