{"id":534821,"date":"2026-03-20T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534821\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:35:20","slug":"state-targets-invasive-species-in-fair-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/534821\/","title":{"rendered":"State targets invasive species in Fair Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crews will soon tackle invasive plants across hundreds of acres at a popular Lake Ontario park, aiming to restore fragile habitats, according to state officials.<\/p>\n<p>State officials plan a multi-year restoration project at Fair Haven Beach State Park, covering dunes, wetlands, forests, and shoreline areas. The effort will target species like Japanese knotweed and water chestnut while rebuilding native vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>Backed by a federal grant, the $343,000 project runs through 2027 and aims to cut invasive coverage to under 5%. Visitors may see work crews and occasional closures, but the park will remain open during the improvements.<\/p>\n<p>  Get the latest local headlines every morning at 6 a.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Sign up for our Get Local newsletter (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Sign up for our Get Local newsletter (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sign up for our Get Local newsletter <\/a>.<br \/>\n Want to see more FingerLakes1.com stories in Google? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred Google news sources (Opens New Tab)\" aria-label=\"Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred Google news sources (Opens New Tab)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Add FingerLakes1.com to your preferred news sources <\/a> to help Google prioritize our reporting in your results. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/author\/newsroom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FL1-01-LOGO-2022-V01-250x250-newer.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>FingerLakes1.com is the region\u2019s leading all-digital news publication. The company was founded in 1998 and has been keeping residents informed for more than two decades. Have a lead? Send it to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fingerlakes1.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"85ebe0f2f6c5e3ecebe2e0f7e9e4eee0f6b4abe6eae8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crews will soon tackle invasive plants across hundreds of acres at a popular Lake Ontario park, aiming to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-534821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}