GCD annual report highlights invasive species, wildlife work

BESSEMER — The Gogebic Conservation District completed some inportant invasive plant eradications in 2018, according to its annual report.

James Wojcik, chairman of the board of the district, said, “We obtained two grants from the Gogebic Resource Advisory Committee, the group that helps award U.S. Forest Service funding for projects in Gogebic County.”

One of the grants covered eradication work on infestations of garlic mustard in the Ironwood-Bessemer area. The other provided funding for projects in Bluff Valley Park, Miners Memorial Heritage Park and the Iron Belle Trail.

A third federal in...