Family-friendly restoration events teach kids about preserving OC wildlands.
Amid the sprawling oaks and blooming wildflowers in Limestone and Baker canyons lurks a prickly menace. An invasive weed called milk thistle threatens native plants and grasses that wildlife use for food and shelter. While widespread, milk thistle is easy to pull, and OC Parks is hosting a family-friendly event that will have kids showing milk thistle who’s boss.
Amid the sprawling oaks and blooming wildflowers in Limestone and Baker canyons lurks a prickly menace. An invasive weed called milk thistle threatens native plants and grasses that wildlife use for food and shelter. While widespread, milk thistle is easy to pull, and OC Parks is hosting a family-friendly event that will have kids showing milk thistle who’s boss.
Two Saturdays, March 24 and 31, families are invited to learn about open space restoration while helping eradicate milk thistle and other weeds. Milk thistle can grow quite tall, and kids will get the satisfaction of easily pulling a weed out of the ground that may be as big as they are.
The program will be facilitated by the science and stewardship team from Irvine Ranch Conservancy, who will provide equipment and refreshments. The March 24 event is in Baker Canyon and the March 31 event is in Limestone Canyon. Both areas are part of OC Parks’ Irvine Ranch Open Space, in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains near Irvine Lake.
The programs are free, and parents can register up to 5 participants or find out more by visiting www.LetsGoOutside.org/activities.
The program will be facilitated by the science and stewardship team from Irvine Ranch Conservancy, who will provide equipment and refreshments. The March 24 event is in Baker Canyon and the March 31 event is in Limestone Canyon. Both areas are part of OC Parks’ Irvine Ranch Open Space, in the foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains near Irvine Lake.
The programs are free, and parents can register up to 5 participants or find out more by visiting www.LetsGoOutside.org/activities.
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