BUFFELGRASS PULLS:
Buffelgrass removals will take place during the summer months, on the second Saturday. Starting times fluctuates so we can beat the heat in the hotter months. Events always run approximately four hours.

SEPTEMBER 12 - We will be starting at 7:00am, meeting at the Visitor's Center of the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park. Tools and gloves will be provided. We ask that participants come dressed/equipped for a day in the field (long pants, hat, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, PLENTY of water) and ready to burn some calories while saving our beloved desert. We will carpool to the Freeman Homestead trailhead after meeting up at the Visitor's Center and then proceed to hike on out to the worksite. The hike in is approximately one mile both on- and off-trail. We will return to the Visitor's Center by 11:00am.

Throughout the year there are opportunities to help pull buffelgrass at Saguaro National Park, as well as other areas in and around Tucson.

Watch our Calendar of Events on the "Things to Do" page for upcoming volunteer days.

http://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/things2do.htm

Check out the links below for more infomation on non-native plants in the Sonoran Desert:

www.rinconinstitute.org

http://wwwpaztcn.wr.usgs.gov/buffelgrass/

www.buffelgrass.org

http://www.aznps.org/html/main_pages/links.htm

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