Invasive Species Awareness Day

Description

Join MacKenzie naturalists for this invasive species education and eradication event!

Starting at 10 a.m. MacKenzie naturalists will host an invasive species education program focusing on the magnitude and impact of invasive buckthorn and garlic mustard on our natural habitats. We will also teach important techniques and skills on how to slow their spread and be part of the solution at home.

We will then put everything we have learned into action! Following the education program, our eradication event at 10:45 a.m. will focus on giving hands-on experience pulling garlic mustard to help preserve the natural habitats found at the MacKenzie Center.

Please meet naturalists in the Badger Den parking lot (the first parking lot on the left side of the property). All ages and experience levels are welcome to attend.

Participants are advised to wear long sleeves, pants, and sturdy closed-toed shoes. Please bring plenty of sunscreen and water; water refill stations are available on the property. A limited number of work gloves will be available to borrow, so participants are encouraged to bring their own.