Despite the cold, overcast weather in Newark recently, a group of 16 dedicated volunteers met up on Feb. 19 at White Clay Creek State Park to remove invasive plants.
They congregated around a car, taking gloves and tools out of the trunk and catching up with one another. While they normally work on a trail in the woods, the rapidly melting snow moved the group to the roadside for the week.
This is the Volunteer Environmental Stewardship team, led by Terri Tipping, dedicated to removing invasive plants in the Judge Morris Estate (JME) area of the park…