By Pam Willison
Please save the date and join us for a work day at Owen Sowerwine, on Saturday, September 20, from 9am-noon. We will gather in the parking lot of Montessori (349 Willow Glen Drive). From there we will send one team to Treasure entrance, while another group will walk the Education Trail to work on young plants of the invasive common buckthorn. For questions or more information, contact Pam Willison, pam@flatheadaudubon.org or 406-270-0225. (Note: if you need to arrive a bit late, it will be easy to locate us by contacting Pam.)
The work will involve cutting off the small buckthorn seedlings (1/4” to 1” diameter) and using a dauber bottle to apply a glyphosate solution to the cut stem. We provide the daubers, but please bring good hand nippers (or loppers if you prefer), and wear gloves. Since these are small plants, you might also find a foam pad useful for kneeling or sitting. Most likely we will work in teams of three, with two cutters and one dauber.
Dress for the weather and bring a water bottle. (We will provide a snack bar at the start.) Come prepared to have an impact on this invasive shrub that is choking out native plants!