Ghost Town Trail

Sat, June 28, 2025, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

Plant Patrol has scheduled this work event and we are seeking volunteers.

Description

We will cut down Japanese knotweed in the six-mile section between Dilltown and Heshbon. Our goal is to eliminate the smaller, easily accessible infestations so that they don't spread. These small infestations are surrounded by native plants that will fill in once we eliminate the knotweed. We started this work in 2023.

Our protocol is a two-step process. We cut the knotweed to the ground in June. At least six weeks later a certified herbicide applicator will spray the resprouted knotweed, which will only be one or two feet tall, with glyphosate herbicide. That late in the growing season, the plants' nutrients will be flowing back into its roots. The herbicide will be drawn into the knotweed roots and kill the plants.

We will be carrying our cutting tools along the trail by foot and by bicycle. Bring your own bicycle if you wish to travel by bike. If you have a tool for cutting sturdy weeds, then please bring it. String trimmers cannot cut through knotweed stems. Plant Patrol and Indiana County Parks and Trails has manual weed cutters that we will bring.

We will start from the Heshbon trail head at 9:00. You can get driving directions by entering the address 60 Wagner Dr, Blairsville, PA 15717 into your GPS system or Google Maps.

Later we will email more logistical details to volunteers who have registered to participate in this work event or who have directly emailed us to tell us that they are participating. Contact volunteers@plantpatrol.org if you have any questions or if you wish to volunteer without registering on the Web site.

Visit this location's web site: Ghost Town Trail

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