Millicent High School students will use cut and swab techniques to remove weed plants and small self-sown wild pines located along the slopes of the saddle in the Crater Lakes precinct in the coming weeks.
Eight students involved in the Conservation and Land Management Pathways program will use the hands-on training under the guidance of City of Mount Gambier Valley Lakes Conservation Park Coordinator Orazio Cultreri to complete the weeds and chemical handling component of the course.
The focus of this program is to develop the student’s awareness of the environment, flora and fauna, soil and weeds and Work Health and Safety.
– Valley Lakes Conservation Park Coordinator Orazio Cultreri
“Given the majority of the weeds in the area are woody shrubs, the students will apply the cut and swab method of weed control using hand saws.”
