War of the Weeds with NICHES – this is a non-SWCD Event

From April 8th to May 22nd, NICHES  Land Trust will be hosting its annual Spring volunteer effort to improve diversity in woodlands.

Every spring, the invasive plant garlic mustard emerges across our preserves in large numbers. If left unchecked, this weed can change soil chemistry, overtake the forest’s understory, and diminish the beautiful display of native ephemeral wildflowers. With your help, the forest understory will be filled with a diverse mix of plants that provide food and shelter to abundant wildlife.

For this year’s effort, NICHES will be hosting 41 garlic mustard pulling shifts at 16 different local nature preserves within a 10-50 minute drive of Lafayette, IN. This is NICHES single biggest annual volunteer push; if they can manage to fill every volunteer shift it will provide over a thousand volunteer hours during a critically important stewardship window. Please check out the shift dates/locations and sign-up. Contact Sam Cody with any questions sam@nicheslandtrust.org

Every Volunteer that Signs up for at least 2 shifts before the end of March will receive this years WOTW t-shirt (design below).

2022 WOTW Garlic mustard pulling shift list: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c49a5ab28a1f8c43-2022