The Connection
Great Falls, Virginia

Battling Invaders: Volunteers remove invasive species in Marie Butler Leven Preserve -- An AmeriCorps NCCC team, in conjunction with the Buddhist environmental group Earth Sangha, hosted an all-day volunteer event on Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Marie Butler Leven Preserve in McLean to remove invasive species from the park's 20 acres.

Local Boy Scouts, along with members of the local branch of Roots & Shoots—a youth based environmental group that is part of the Jane Goodall Foundation—were among the volunteers.

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