Native plants can breath easy thanks to the efforts of 584 Weed Warrior volunteers who work in parks in the Little Falls watershed removing non-native invasive plants. Watershed volunteers freed more than 1,200 trees and put in 1,784 hours to remove bush honeysuckle, porcelainberry vines, English ivy and other plants that are threatening our native trees and shrubs.
Little Falls Watershed Alliance Executive Director Sarah Morse leads the pack for the second year for the most hours recorded by a Weed Warrior supervisor. Weed Warrior supervisors have special training and are allowed to lead community workdays that are open to the public. Sarah led 32 workdays on Park land in 2024 supervising 1,056 man hours. Sarah also leads workdays on State Highway land, in DC Parks, and in the Montgomery County Public Schools Forest Conservation Land for a total of 49 events in 2024.
Weed Warrior Supervisor Celia Martin also had an impressive year, leading 25 events in the Little Falls watershed for 603 supervisor hours. Celia’s team focused on removing bamboo along Massachusetts Avenue to save the native trees and planting encroaching on the Falmouth Habitat project.
We also have 26 Certified Weed Warriors working in the Little Falls watershed. Certified Weed Warriors have attended the Montgomery Parks Weed Warrior training and are allowed to work unsupervised in the Parks. More about how you can become a certified Weed Warrior is HERE.
What did the Little Falls Weed Warriors do?
According to the Parks data, we freed 1,217 trees from strangling vines and smothering bushes.