Volunteers from WCU Cherokee History class removed Kudzu adjacent to Tallulah Falls Railroad Trail and Tassee Shelter.

Kudzu roll! Get it out of there!

Oconaluftee Job Corps Forestry Students worked hard for two days along Salali lane and Airport Trail removing Kudzu, Privet, Japanese honeysuckle, and Multiflora rose.

Sunny Himes, GRIP project coordinator, shares information about exotic invasive plants with a student at the WCU Learning Fair. Six active volunteers signed on at this fair.

WCU students and community volunteers planted 100 Rivercane plants between the Little T and the community garden.

Eighth grade students successfully identify and remove Japanese knotweed
which competes with native plants.

Franklin Boy Scout Troops 202 and 235, the First Christian Church of Franklin Youth Group, parents and other volunteers remove exotic invasive plants and planting native trees and shrubs along Morris Trace.

Cages have to be placed around newly planted trees and shrubs to keep

beaver from girdling them.