Photo credit: Ventura Land Trust Photo credit: Topa Topa Brewing Company
VENTURA — On Saturday, May 21st from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Ventura Land Trust (VLT) will partner with Safeport Cannabis Dispensary and Topa Topa Brewing Company for a community volunteer event at Harmon Canyon Preserve. As many as 75 community volunteers will work to remove dense stands of invasive plant species at the preserve.
This collaborative community volunteer event is a project of VLT’s Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (WHIP). Invasive plants like black mustard and milk thistle are choking Harmon Canyon Preserve trails and areas of the preserve recently restored with native plants. Black mustard, which grows up to six feet tall, becomes fuel for wildfires as it dries out on the summer. Community support is needed to help uproot large sections of invasive plants before seeds are produced and spread in late summer and fall.
The public is invited to attend an event afterparty at Topa Topa Brewing Company (4880 Colt Street, Ventura) from 12:00 pm to 3:30 pm. Additionally, Safeport has designed a limited-edition collaboration T-shirt for sale online. Proceeds from the T-shirt will benefit VLT.
Volunteers can sign up for the event at https://www.venturalandtrust.org/events. No previous weed-pulling experience is required. The event will kick off at 9:00 am at the Harmon Canyon Preserve trailhead kiosk. Parking is limited, so volunteers are encouraged to arrive early.Harmon Canyon Preserve is located at 7511 Foothill Road, Ventura, 93003 (MAP). The preserve parking lot is accessible from McVittie Place. To confirm press attendance, contact Outreach Director Leslie Velez at leslie@venturalandtrust.org