WREN Weed Warriors
Being a Weed Warrior isn't all that fun! Well, it is if you call tripping and falling backwards into a cactus and hardly being able to walk the rest of the day fun! Luckily it wasn't me, it was one of the other girls there.Our weed warrior group traveled to Camp Creek in Imnaha. We learned how to identify some invasive weeds that are common in Wallowa County. As we hiked we looked for the following invasive weeds:
Common Bugloss (above), Scotch Thistle (bottom left), knapweed (bottom right), and cheat grass (not shown).
After lunch the real work started. We had to pace out half an acre and rake out all the cheat grass, pull out all the rosettes, and plant native plant seeds so they would take over the invasive weeds and grasses.
We did this three times, in a harder place each time. But it was really fun!
P.S Next week we're going to the ranch. YEE-HAW!
1 comment:
How come the invasive weeds are always so beautiful? It sounds like that was some hard work. I'm glad it wasn't you that fell into the cactus!
Kate
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