Community Corner

Weed Warriors Battle Broom at El Cerrito's Largest Park

This video/slide show features Friends of Five Creeks members and other volunteers engaged in a long war to repel the broom invasion in the Hillside Natural Area.

With 80 acres to protect or invade, depending on one's perspective, El Cerrito's is a formidable battleground for the struggle between humans and broom plants. This video/slide show by Susan Schwartz of Friends of Five Creeks offers views of the broom eradication efforts since 2006.


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