The Friends of the St. Clair River wants families to get together today to help with invasive species at the Fort Gratiot County Park. The Family Stewardship session is from four to six today at the park. Residents are asked to bring loppers to help cut away invasive species. The Family Stewardship program was launched in the spring to train families and volunteers to help watch over the park and create a landscape that benefits people, plants and animals.
Sheri Faust, President of the Friends group said, “they help St. Clair County Parks with their land stewardship activities to protect local threatened habitat and provide community engagement and education opportunities.” She added, “The habitat type in Fort Gratiot County Park is a Wooded Dune & Swale habitat which is threatened statewide, mostly because it occurs in waterfront places that people drain, clear and develop.” Faust said there is no cost to attend and that all residents and families need to do is show up, and children too young to handle tools can gather plant materials, help with plant ID, and take pictures.
