[EQAB-list] [TCWP] Saturday, September 26-- National Public Lands Day-Worthington Cemetery Clean Up

[Groton, James P. Jr.]

Come learn about East Tennessee's cedar barrens and wetlands and help remove invasive exotic plants at the TVA's Worthington Cemetery Ecological Study Area on the east side of Oak Ridge.  Oak Ridge based Tennessee Citizens for Wilderness Planning has sponsored this event with TVA for many years.  The sensitive habitats in the area depend on us removing exotic pest plants that threaten the native plant communities.

 

The cleanup will begin at 9:00 a.m.  Participants should wear sturdy shoes and weather-appropriate clothes, and bring water, gloves, and clippers, loppers or shears, if possible.  Other tools and equipment will also be available at the worksite. We will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Elza Gate picnic area near the intersection of Oak Ridge Turnpike and Melton Lake Drive.  The workday will conclude around noon with a complimentary pizza lunch. 

 

For more information please contact Jimmy Groton at 865-483-5799 or Sandra Goss at 865-522-3809 (www.tcwp.org <http://www.tcwp.org/> ).