The afternoon was an effort to clean up and let native plants grow, part of the Americorps National Week of Service
HARVEY -- A volunteer group was hard at work Saturday, getting rid of invasive species near a beach in Harvey.
Staff and volunteers from Americorps, along with Teaching Family Homes and MARESA helped pull out a plant called spotted knapweed. In its place, they planted beach grass in the area. The afternoon was an effort to clean up and let native plants grow, part of the Americorps National Week of Service.
"Spotted knapweed is an invasive species, and they secrete an oil that does not allow the native plants to grow so when we pull out the spotted knapweed we're allowing the natural beach grass," said Lisa Burtch, a coordinator from Americorps.
"We've actually done a lot; we pulled about 25 bags of spotted knapweed, planted a lot of beach grass. We got a lot done, and it was a great day to do it."
Nearly 50 volunteers helped make the event possible.
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