Photos: Oro Valley employees pull invasive grasses at nature preserve
Oro Valley employees removed invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley during an Earth Day beautification event on April 21, 2023.
Employees filled 62 bags with invasive grasses from both sides of about a quarter-mile of trail.
Oro Valley acquired the 202-acre Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve (formerly The Golf Club at Vistoso) in the Summer of 2022.
Oro Valley employee Jose Rodriguez pulls a hefty hunk of buffelgrass flanked by fellow employees Lyn Talbot, left, Amelia Mooney and Chris Fuentes during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023.
Oro Valley employees hike out to remove invasive grasses during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Oro Valley employee Dylan Hiatt throws a hunk of buffelgrass he pulled during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Oro Valley employees line a small wash pulling invasive grasses during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Oro Valley Mayor Joe Winfield digs a clump of invasive grasses during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Walkers and cyclists passed through Oro Valley workers during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Oro Valley employees work off the former golf course green during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023.
Bags full of buffelgrass and other grasses during an Earth Day beautification event to remove invasive species like buffelgrass and Russian Thistle from the newly acquired Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve in Oro Valley on April 21, 2023,
Rick Wiley
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