Help keep a restored prairie healthy by volunteering at Summit Lake State Park on Saturday, Sept. 24.

The park is hosting a volunteer day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to remove invasive species from a prairie at Ziegler Woods Nature Preserve. Volunteers should meet at the park's main office.

Volunteers should bring bug spray, sunscreen, water and a sack lunch, and should wear pants, long sleeves and sturdy footwear. The park encourages volunteers to bring loppers, bow saws and work gloves.

Summit Lake State Park (stateparks.IN.gov/2967.htm) is at 5993 N. Messick Road, New Castle, 47362.

To view all DNR news releases, please see dnr.IN.gov.


Media contact: R. Ricky Bennett, interpretive naturalist, Summit Lake State Park, summitinterp@dnr.IN.gov, (765) 766-5873.