Lisa Slupianek, with Southwest Conservation Corps, uses an ax on a Russian olive tree Saturday at the Juniper School. The Durango Daybreak Rotary Club will deliver the wood to senior citizens or low-income families in need.
Invasive Russian olive trees removed, put to good use
Lisa Slupianek, with Southwest Conservation Corps, uses an ax on a Russian olive tree Saturday at the Juniper School. The Durango Daybreak Rotary Club will deliver the wood to senior citizens or low-income families in need.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Mountain Studies Institute, which coordinated the removal, will teach Juniper School students about invasive and native species as part of the project.
Invasive Russian olive trees removed, put to good use
The Mountain Studies Institute, which coordinated the removal, will teach Juniper School students about invasive and native species as part of the project.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Russian olives were first introduced to the Durango area in the 1970s and 1980s. They can out-compete native plants, like willows and cottonwoods.