The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and Mobile Baykeeper are working together the gather volunteers to work this Saturday, October 3rd at Langan Park to eradicate an invasive species, the  Island Apple Snail.  Snails have been spotted at Langan Park's pond and into Three Mile Creek and are known to destroy native vegetation.  We are working to prevent their spread into the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.  If you are able to help with this dirty work on Saturday, we are meeting at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot by the bridge at the Boardwalk at Langan Park.  The Mobile Museum of Art will open at 8:00 a.m. to provide coffee and bathrooms for volunteers as well as free admission on Saturday as a thank you for those volunteering.  For more information,  call our office at 433-4229.

Volunteers Need:

• Long pants or rugged shorts
• Knee boots, waders, wading shoes, etc.
• Extra set of dry clothes
• Hat, Sunscreen, Bug spray
• Food, snacks, LOTS OF WATER!
• Binoculars
• Paint scraper or dull butter knife to scrape eggs.  Small saw or sharp knife for cutting branches.
• Small, shallow draft boats, kayaks, canoes
• Life Jackets

What will be provided:

• Rubber or latex gloves
• Paint Scrapers (limited amount)
• Plant/limb shears
• Buckets for collecting snails and eggs
• Plastic bags for collecting snails and eggs
• Coolers with Dry Ice
• Maps
• Logistics, limited tranportation or gear hauling if needed