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Spurge Purge and Plant Walk

Posted: Saturday, April 7, 2012

Outdoor Activities: General Trips

Event Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012

Trip Rating: Intermediate

Contact/Registration:

Please register with Marilyn Latta at 253-9245 ahead of time so that you can be notified if the date or time need to be changed due to weather or flowering stage of the spurge.  Car pooling will be arranged as needed.

Join the Habitat Committee on their annual mission to count and pull out leafy spurge in study plots on one of our prairies.  The plan is to meet at 9 a.m. at the Loewen Prairie (4 km east of Tolstoi on PR209) and work for 2-3 hours then eat lunch at the interpretive trail and go for a plant walk. It's a great way to help preserve the tall grass prairie and learn more about the plants like the Western Prairie Fringed Orchid, which may be blooming at this time.