W**d Wrangle 2026

Please join us for the W**d Wrangle at Galaxy Sand Pine Scrub Preserve. This is in support of National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW).

Location: Galaxy Sand Pine Preserve, Boynton Beach, FL. Joint event with Everglades and Treasure Coast CISMAs. Parking and access is through Galaxy Park, near Boynton Beach Blvd and I-95. Google Maps link

Date and Time: Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 8:30 am to 3 pm

Description: A special tour for school kids will start the day, with a gopher tortoise demonstration. Work day activities will continue throughout the day.

Work on a 7-acre sand pine scrub preserve. We’ll be doing mostly hand pulling and digging, then herbicide work after 11:30 am, when the students are off the site. The more the merrier! Target species: Sansevieria/ snake plant, Ganges primrose (Asystasia gangetica), Kalanchoe, Natal and Guinea grass, rosary pea, and flame vine (Pyrostegia venusta), also some Surinam cherry, shoebutton Ardisia, Caesar’s W**d. See and learn about some new non-natives moving in like one-seeded false buttonweed (Borreria diacrodonta) and Chinese box-orange (Atalantia buxifolia).

Bring hand tools like shovel, hand clippers, machete; quart sized bottles for herbicide, backpack sprayer (if you have one and if staying for the afternoon). Other items that may be helpful: loppers, hard rake and W**d wacker. Caution – cacti and stinging nettle are present in some areas.

A few pair of W**d Wrangle gloves (different sizes, too) will be available for early attendees, but bring your own gloves, too, and a refillable water bottle.

Contact Information: Chris Lockhart,(561) 738-1179 and Leroy Rodger (561) 628-9373

If registration shows full, contact Chris Lockhart to be added manually.

Here’s a link with information about the CISMAs which are affiliated with the Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC, formerly the FL Exotic Pest Plant Council). https://www.floridainvasives.org/cismas/

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