COBB >> The Friends of Boggs Mountain will host a talk by Joshua Hamrick, a Student Conservation Association (SCA) Wilderness Inventory intern of the Mendocino National Forest (MNF) Upper Lake office, on Saturday at 10 a.m. at Boggs Mountain. Hamrick, who graduated with a major in ecology and evolutionary biology at Marshall University in West Virginia, came on board in April to the SCA and has spent the last three months scouting trails in the Snow Mountain wilderness and assessing the prevalence of various non-native invasive plant species in the area. Among the target list of about 35 non-native invasive plant species are the yellow starthistle, Canada, bull and milk thistles, teasel, Scotch, French and Spanish broom, tamarisk and various grasses.
The audience will be taught how invasive species can impact native habitats and wildlife and ways they can help preserve Lake County”s native habitats. Attendees are encouraged to bring a foldable chair for the event. Refreshments will be available.
The forest entrance is located off Highway 175, just one-and-a-half miles north of Cobb Village. For information, contact Gigi Stahl at 809-5299.
