Be Gone Broom! at Fitch Mountain, Healdsburg
Schedule
Fri, 28 Feb, 2025 at 10:00 am
Location
Fitch Mountain | Healdsburg, CA
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Lend a hand at Fitch Mountain Open Space Preserve, a 173-acre protected people-powered park in Healdsburg. With your help, we can steward for ecological health and wildfire resilience, the trees, native plants, animals, and insects that live on this beautiful mountain. Fitch Mountain Preserve is owned by the City of Healdsburg and stewarded with the help of LandPaths. Pregistration required at the link >>> https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=23497
Argh, French Broom! (shakes fist) An invasive plant that was brought in to be planted in gardens in the last century, French Broom grows very fast and in dense stands. If left to its own devices, it will overshadow native plants in the forest. And it acts as a fuel ladder to allow wildfire to reach into the tree canopies, which can be disastrous.
The best time to pull broom is before the next wildfire season. This is a chance to help us keep the forest healthy and resilient in the chance that wildfire comes through the preserve. The more people we get out for this day, the more broom we can remove! Plus, tending the land with like-minded people is a guaranteed mood-booster!
Here’s a sampling of possible tasks that you will do to care for the land
Hiking moderate slopes
Pulling French broom seedlings by hand. (Very satisfying!)
Pulling old-growth French broom shrubs with a W**d wrench
Cutting old-growth French broom shrubs with saws and loppers
Placing woody material into piles
Directions: We will meet at 10am in the Villa Chanticleer Dog Park Parking Lot (west side of Fitch) and hike to the project site/s together. Here is the google link to the meeting location: Dog Park
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Where is it happening?
Fitch Mountain, Healdsburg, California, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
