Kevin Cotter of Downers Grove clears away honeysuckle vines that hurt other plants, smothering them and also strangling trees and bushes as they climbs. Volunteers cleared away the plants in the Maple Grove Forest Preserve in DuPage County on Saturday morning.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County held a Volunteer Restoration Workday Saturday at Maple Grove Forest Preserve in Downers Grove.
Volunteers cleared away plants and invasive species that are harmful to the preserve's native plants.
Kevin Cotter of Downers Grove clears away honeysuckle vines that hurt other plants, smothering them and also strangling trees and bushes as they climbs. Volunteers cleared away the plants in the Maple Grove Forest Preserve in DuPage County on Saturday morning.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com