The FCWD collaborated with community partners to remove invasive Siberian elms and Russian olives near the creek shore and distribute native seeds at Confluence Park. Parks staff used heavy equipment to cut and chip a full truck load of branches, and Extension service staff and volunteers spread seed donated by Pawnee Butte Seed Company. More invasive removal will occur in summer 2024 along the Pueblo bike trail that follows the Fountain Creek.
For more information about noxious and invasive plants in Colorado click here or click these links to find out more about Siberian elm and Russian olive trees.
Area in Confluence Park cleared and reseeded with native plants
Trimming and removing brush around a water monitoring station on Fountain Creek
Volunteers removing invasive Russian olive trees along Fountain Creek in Pueblo, CO
Volunteers who helped with reseeding using native plants in Confluence Park
Truck used to process downed invasive trees and brush into wood chips in Confluence Park
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