Activity Report Explorer

Northern Front Range • Entered by Jan Moraczewski on June 3, 2023

Weed Pulling Event with Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

June 2, 2023 – June 2, 2023

Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Poudre Wilderness Volunteers

Measurable Outcomes

Outcome 1: Invasives removed (1200 plants)

Short Description of Activity

How do you get Broads to do weed pulling (and do it in the rain?). I was skeptical to! The rain was actually a mist which was good weed pulling weather in Youngs Gulch, which burned in the High Park Fire over 10 yrs ago. We were led by the Poudre Wilderness Volunteer (PWV) weed pulling champion, Joan Kauth. PWV has become a model for Forest Service wilderness education and boots on ground activities in Colorado. We removed musk thistle, mullen, toadflax and hounds tongue.

Reflection/Evaluation

Though it was disappointing that we couldn’t recruit Broads beyond Della & Jan, it was a worthwhile activity. At least 2 people wanted to be on our contact list, and another said he knew what good work the Broads did. Another said they are glad we do Advocacy work because PWV could not advocate. We were also potentially invited to a National Wilderness Stewardship that PWV holds once a year.
Our objective was to assess this partner group for collaboration, participate in a hands on activity, and learn more about invasives. These objectives were met. We will follow up on items listed above. I think that weed pulling and identifying invasives is an activity that all trial users can benefit from. This year the flowers are spectacular and it is satisfying to look at the landscape after the invasives are removed. It was also interesting to experiment with a tool vs. hand pulling.

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“She Started It”