Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge restoration, Antioch
March 6, 2007
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Susan Euing, US Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist, clearing invasive plants with Deer Valley High School student and teacher. |
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This naked-stem buckwheat is the host plant for an Antioch Dunes endangered species,
the Lange's Metalmark butterfly is not only endangered but also endemic. |
Students remove non-native grasses to protect an endangered native plant, the evening primrose. |
Deer Valley High School 9th graders measure wildlife tracks at Antioch Dunes. |
Second stage in the process of removing non-native plants from around the delicate evening primrose. |
The work of clearing the invasive plants is done - the students display their success! |
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