TELUS Day of Giving – Mustard Busters

The Lathrop property is situated within one of the largest forested tracts in the Niagara Peninsula section of the Escarpment. Forest cover on the property protects the headwaters of Twelve Mile Creek, which supports the last remaining brook trout population in the Niagara Region.  The forest cover also continues almost unbroken to Short Hills Provincial Park to the north. The property supports several species considered rare in Ontario and Canada, including butternut and American chestnut.

Volunteers will work together to remove invasive garlic mustard from the Carolinian forests of the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Lathrop conservation property. Participants will pull the garlic mustard (activity involves bending and kneeling), making space for native plants to thrive.

Not only will you escape the office and enjoy a day outside, you'll also be directly supporting local conservation by removing these invasive plants and making space for native plants to thrive!

Contact Jill Crosthwaite: jill.crosthwaite@natureconservancy.ca