Our 2023 Earth Day Weed Pull – a terrific success!
May 7, 2023
Our Pt San Pedro Road Coalition Earth Day Weed Pull on Saturday, April 29th, was a terrific success! [NOTE: You can see the post and flyer for this event on a previous post.]
20 volunteers removed 54 cubic feet of French Broom, which is 6,000 individual broom plants! We want to thank all the volunteers and our partners in planning and executing this event — we are grateful to all for their for help to making our community more fire-safe.
Photos were taken by Steve Ziman, a member of our Disaster Prep Committee and volunteer photographer. Thank you, Steve, for the photos and your hard work.
Young volunteers sign in. Franny Kiles, CVNL Program Coordinator, Volunteer Engagement & Disaster ServicesSteve Ziman, our intrepid volunteer photographer!Bonnie Marmor, Coalition Co-President welcomes volunteers upon arrival.Robin Pendoley, Project Leader of San Pedro Ridge Fire Safety, one of our Weed Pull partners, showed some French Broom and demonstrated how to use weed pullers.Volunteers get to work on pulling the French Broom.Justin Malo, of the San Rafael Fire Department Wildfire Mitigation team, helps out!The weather was perfect —and there was plenty of French Broom to tackle!Volunteers dig into a big patch of broom.Newer weed pullers make pulling the broom easier — volunteers smile as they work!Volunteers came from other neighborhoods, wanting to lend a hand.With some leverage and some teamwork, bigger plants are removed.Volunteers brought the broom down the hill.Simon Wright, of the San Rafael Fire Department Wildfire Mitigation team, helps carry broom down the hill.Loads of broom, hand carried or loaded onto tarps, were gathered up at the end of the morning.Broom was stacked for the chipper.What a difference! This photo taken after all the work was done shows our success in removing the broom!
