Yesterday, Tuesday 09th June, a practice session took place in Ballinlig, to begin the eradication of American Skunk Cabbage in that area.
A big thank you to our volunteers for giving up their time so willingly, and to Noel and Monica for their knowledge and drive on this project!
Despite the somewhat dreary conditions, and the challenging terrain, the team made excellent progress on our first outing. In just a few hours, we successfully removed 20 of the larger plants from along the stream corridor, and into the dense wooded/marshy areas. This is a fantastic start and will help reduce the spread of this invasive species.
Your enthusiasm, hard work, and good humour in challenging conditions
were greatly appreciated and made the day a real success.
We llok forward to our next outing, which should be removing Hymalayan Balsam.
Watch the Invasives Page for future volunteering events!
