Volunteers kicked off LA Climate Week by clearing away invasive plants from fire-damaged Eaton Canyon.
The invasive plants being removed were mustards and thistles, which serve as kindling to wildfires.
L.A. County Parks' Kim Bosell says the removal is an important step in Eaton Canyon's recovery from the fire.
“We're about a year into recovery,” she told KNX News’ Karen Adams. “We've had a lot of rain, which has helped a lot of the invasives grow, and so the non-native invasives can take over the environment. So our job right now is to help the environment recover.”
Shawn Sweeney with LA Climate Week said there are more events planned.
“There are over 300 events on our calendar over the course of this week and next week,” he said.
LA Work's Steven Davalos encouraged people to get out and volunteer.
“We're really excited to get people engaged, hands dirty, whether it's doing restoration work like this, a habitat restoration, or it's working at a food bank, there's so many ways to get involved, and you could even get paid through the state's Go Serve program,” he said.
Josh Friday, director of the Go Serve program, said there are more than 3000 paid volunteer positions in L.A. County and says people should go to CAServiceCorps.com.
Recruitment is currently underway for the fall in Eaton Canyon.
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