Many thanks to Josh Hoines of Joshua
Tree National Park for his informative and entertaining lecture on February 12,
and to the Hi Desert Nature Museum for hosting the lecture. Invasive species threaten native
vegetation and provide fire fuel.
Learning to recognize and destroy them – early – was perhaps the most
important lesson from the lecture. On that note----
Mustard
Pulls
Joshua Tree National Park has
partnered with MBCA for several years in the “Hold the Mustard” campaign. We
received recent coverage in the Riverside Press Enterprise for this
effort and YOU can be part of the solution!
There are mustard pulls in the Park
every Saturday in March. There is still time to join us on March 23rd and 30th.
This a great way to enjoy the recent warm weather in the company of kindred spirits, and eradiction of this invasive plant
helps to preserve our glorious spring wildflower displays and to prevent
fires. Find more
details at: MBCA Sahara mustard.
And don’t forget the closer-to-home
MBCA Clean Team efforts to keep both
mustard and trash from our assigned area on Twentynine Palms Highway in Joshua
Tree. Find out more via
Deb Bollinger at
stopinvasives@live.com or
760.819.9939.
