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Call for Volunteers: Invasive Species Management - Garlic Mustard

Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Call for Volunteers: Invasive Species Management - Garlic Mustard


Join us for an hour or four hours - any time you can share would be appreciated! You'll be pulling garlic mustard plants with your hands, so bring a pair of work gloves. Light refreshments will be provided.

Garlic mustard is an invasive plant common to the Eastern and Midwestern United States. It is harmful to RLT's nature preserves because it secretes a chemical into the soil that deters the growth of other plants and decreases competition. It may also hinder beneficial soil fungi which help tree roots take up water and nutri

 

 

 

 

 
Featherweald Preserve, Cambridge
May 14 • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Address: 187 County Route 59, Cambridge, NY 12816. Parking is located at the entrance near the preserve's blue road sign.

Staalesen Vanderheyden, South Troy
May 15 • 12:00 - 4:00 pm

Directions can be found at this link (scroll to bottom of page)

No registration required. Questions? Contact Marcos Velazques, RLT's Stewardship Coordinator

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