The invasive grass is a reed canary grass, which grows aggressively and threatens biodiversity. Haglin and Kleiner pluck the grass from Minnehaha Creek in their neighborhood.

In Oregon, a river is being set back in time, to how it used to flow: free and slow and wide.

Their most recent burn in late summer 2023 was followed by seeding native prairie flowers as a cover crop — deliberately avoiding grasses due to the ongoing reed canary grass management needs.

The result of this reclamation is that Amberswood Common is now an extensive and diverse habitat with a high water table, consisting of a lake and a series of smaller ponds and lowland raised bog, ...