INVASIVE PLANT SPECIES REMOVAL

Autumn Into Winter

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An invasive species is a non-native plant to an ecosystem that is likely to cause economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health.

​The FOCSP Invasive Plant Removal Team has been working throughout the park since 2017, primarily removing Autumn Olive, Shrub Honeysuckle, Multiflora Rose, and Bradford Pear.  ​

Autumn Olive

Shrub Honeysuckle

Multiflora Rose

Bradford Pear

What We Do...​

• The team starts field work in autumn and continues working into the winter. Team members are alerted to work days, times, and locations via e-mail. Field work typically takes place in the afternoon.
• Team members meet at the designated work site or a nearby parking lot.
• The work involves cutting small trees and shrubs with a chain saw, hand saw, or loppers and then applying an herbicide to the cut.   
• The Friends group has all the equipment needed to support up to six volunteers cutting the invasive plants.​

​If you are interested in working outdoors, please consider joining our team. We provide the training, tools, and equipment. 
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​(Note this large pile of invasive plants that were removed from the Black Rock Lodge location.) 

To learn more about invasive plants in PA, visit the Pennsylvania DCNR website:  HERE