GC2PW17 CITO: Cache Up And Mustard Out (Cache In Trash Out Event) in Wisconsin, United States created by Wisconsin Geocaching Association

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Hidden : Saturday, May 21, 2011

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Cache Up and Mustard Out

Here is a twist on the Cache In, Trash Out theme. For this CITO, we will be removing an invasive plant, Garlic Mustard.

Where: Hartman Creek State Park

When: May 21, 2011

Note: Wisconsin State Parks require a fee for parking and daily/season passes are available at the park office or online.

Hartmann Creek State Park Naturalist Sue Eiler and WGA volunteers will lead groups of geocachers out into the woods and help guide the garlic mustard pull. Please join us for part of the afternoon, as we help remove these invasive weeds. Make plans now to attend this special CITO event.

1:00 p.m. First group meets at the Beach Shelter, before heading out.

3:00 p.m . Second group meets at the Beach Shelter, before heading out.

(Participants may choose either time slot, or both, if you wish.)

5: p.m. Event wrap-up and photo at the amphitheater

What is Garlic Mustard?

Garlic Mustard is an invasive plant that was brought over to the United States by European settlers as an herb. Unfortunately, garlic mustard has spread virtually unchecked across the county and is a serious threat to the natural habitat.

Many land managers consider garlic mustard one of the most difficult to control invasive weeds, and hand pulling the weed is often the best way to control the spread.

Not only do these invasive weeds choke out native wildflowers, out-competing them for space and sunlight, but they also excrete chemicals through their roots further preventing wildflower growth..

Garlic mustard spreads into high quality woodlands upland and floodplain forests, not just into disturbed areas.

Invaded sites undergo a decline on native herbaceous cover within 10 years.

Garlic mustard alters habitat suitability for native insects and thereby birds and mammals.

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