Mission
The Mile-a-Minute Project of the Hudson Valley was established in 2005 to provide outreach, education, and control for the Mile-a-Minute vine (Persicaria perfoliata L., formally Polygonum perfoliatum L.) to help prevent its spread.
This group
is made possible by the cooperation of the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation, Palisades Interstate
Park Commission, Highlands
Environmental Research Institute, Hudson River National
Estuarine Research Reserve, New York State Office of Parks Recreation
and Historic Preservation, Invasive Plant Council, The Nature
Conservancy, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Westchester County Parks
Department, Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory, Hudson Highlands Land Trust, and many dedicated
individuals.

