Photo Gallery: Volunteers remove non-natives from Rosemont Preserve
Molly Necus, 5, helps remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Volunteers got their hands dirty to prevent dozens of invasive plants from overtaking portions of the Rosemont Preserve, which the community helped procure through donations.
Althea Edwards of La Crescenta helps remove invasive non-native Castor bean plants on a hillside at the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Ollie Nelson of La Crescenta helps remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Paul Rabinov of La Crescenta helps remove invasive non-native Castor bean plants from a hillside at the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Molly Necus, 5, helps remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Volunteer John Pearson of La Crescenta helps remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Helena Bowman of La Cresenta proudly shows a large root she was able to remove from the invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Pat Beggs of Montrose, left, and Helena Bowman, right, of La Crescenta, helped remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Volunteers helped remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Ollie Nelson of La Crescenta helps remove invasive non-native Arundo from the northern end of the Rosemont Preserve during volunteer clean up day at the La Crescenta open space at the end of Rosemont Ave. in La Crescenta on Saturday, November 24, 2012. About 15 volunteers came out to help remove invasive plants. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)