Volunteers are invited to join the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park staff and others tomorrow in a project to remove invasive fountain grass from roadsides in the Hawaiian Ocean View Estates subdivision in Ka'u.

Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m. at the Ocean View Community Center and should bring lunch, water, a hat and sunscreen. Participants will learn about problems caused by invasive plants as well as ways to remove them.

Fountain grass is one of the few non-native species that colonizes young lava flows. It accumulates dead biomass and burns rapidly, fueling destructive wildfires such as the 2005 and 2007 Waikoloa fires.

For more information, contact David Benitez at 985-6085.