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Volunteers team up to plant at Rolston Community Forest
BY STUART SERVICE, Media Coordinator, CNLA
Volunteers from the Hamilton Naturalists’ Club (HNC) have spent the last few years combing through the seven-acre Rolston Community Forest, manually removing Common Buckthorn, an invasive species that crowds out other plants and trees. That diligent removal work created an opening in the woodlot for roughly 300 native trees and shrubs to be planted by about 40 volunteers during a community planting day on Oct. 26. “Everyone was really excited to just get some plants in the ground,” said Brittany Killingbeck, stewardship technician with the HNC. “Some of our regular volunteers came out and we had people who’d just come out to volunteer for the first time; high school students, families — it was a great mix of people. Everyone is from the area, knew about the park, and they were excited to see
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