Since 2012 a major initiative of the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct has been to develop strategies for management of invasive plants on the trail, including vines.

This involved an initial assessment of the entire 26 miles of the trail to ascertain which of the most common 24 invasive plants were growing there, exactly where they were growing and how abundant they were in each location. The next step was to select a section of the trail as a demonstration site to implement the most effective methods of invasive plant management and then, to encourage other communities along the trail to adopt sections for intervention. This work has evolved to include supporting native plants and doing restoration planting where appropriate. This massive undertaking, initiated by Friends board member Diane Alden, has shown remarkable success.