Despite threat of rain, 10 volunteers of The Audubon Society and South Wake Conservationists, along with 4 employees for the town of Fuquay-Varina, participated in an invasive removal at Carol H. Johnson Environmental Education Park in Fuquay-Varina. Fortunately, the 60-degree temperature was perfect to remove it.
Our main mission was to remove Japanese Stilt Grass before the plant goes to seed. While removing the grass we found to our surprise most of the privet we removed last year did not return, except for some suckers. Unfortunately, it was also discovered we missed a few. By the time we left the park the original area in which we moved invasives appeared to be free of these exotics. We also noted that native green brier and Virgina creeper were slowly replacing the exotics we removed.
We still have two more invasive removals this fall with The Audubon Society at the Carol H. Johnson Environmental Education Park – Wednesday October 14 and Wednesday November 18th. Hope to see you there!
Before
After
Friends we met along the way!