Broomapullooza! Evento bilingue! - Fitch Mountain
Schedule
Sat Mar 08 2025 at 10:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Fitch Mountain | Healdsburg, CA
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The season of broom stewardship is here! Come on out for a day of forest stewardship centered on getting rid of French broom (see why below), delicious snacks, and community! Thank you to our friends at Sonoma County Ag + Open Space and City of Healdsburg for helping to make this stewardship event possible! There is no charge for this outing, which is made possible by the taxpayers of Sonoma County who fund the work of Ag + Open Space with a quarter-cent sales tax.
Pre-registration is required for this free event. Please click on the link to register >>> https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/landpaths/event.jsp?event=23492&
What is French Broom?
An invasive plant, French broom was brought to California in the last century for use in decorative gardens. Sadly, it soon took over, growing at fast rates and spreading seeds with abandon, thousands at a time. As a result, it’s taken over spots in the forest, where it crowds out native plants and acts as fuel ladders, allowing wildfire to reach into the canopy of the trees.
Broom is also toxic to many wildlife species and doesn't make good forage. What these forest creatures do feed on is oak acorns, Douglas fir tips, understory grasses, and young oaks; removing broom helps these essential species to thrive! At Broomapulloza you’ll have a chance to make a difference with a few hours of getting that broom out of the ground and into a burn pile! The more hands we have, the more we can say “BUH-BYE BROOM!”
What Can I Expect At this Whole Broomapulloza Thing?
From the parking lot, we will hike 1-2 miles and pull French broom that we see along the way. You'll be able to choose between pulling broom seedlings by hand (we’ll provide the gloves) and pulling heftier broom shrubs with a W**d wench
We’ll go into more detail on the day of.
Directions: We will meet at 10 am 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:
