High Point Academy’s Environmental Warriors Fight the Good Fight
Even the cutest fuzzy caterpillars weren’t enough to deter these intrepid environmental warriors from doing their jobs—clearing away invasive weeds that were choking the native plant species in Eaton Canyon Nature Center. High Point Academy teachers Robin Von Der Lancken and Sarah Nguyen, along with a half-dozen parents, watched as sixth graders fanned out across the southern edge of the 190-acre park in Altadena to pull and bag up mustard weed (Brassica nigra), a plant known for depositing seeds that keep natural plants from growing and also for contributing to fire danger.