The Morgan Park 4-H Green Team, the Grant Community School Collaborative after-school program, and staff from Hartley Nature Center in Duluth will be joining together to educate and activate 4-H Green Team members and Grant Elementary School students in environmental issues such as local forest diversity and invasive species. The volunteer base for this project will include elementary and middle school age students, as well as approximately 20 college students from around Duluth.

Hartley Nature Center and its surrounding forest is a well known and beloved educational nature area in Duluth. The park has struggled with the invasive species "buckthorn" which takes over green spaces and chokes out native plants. This project will give participating youth a chance to learn about the importance of forest diversity, help eradicate the invasive buckthorn, and replace it with native fruit-bearing trees to insure the health of the forest and its wildlife.

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