Sara Holtz
Oakton, Virginia Volunteer at Invasive Management Area Program Length of Service: Three years Site Leader
Sara Holtz works with the Invasive Management Area (IMA) Program to recruit and supervise volunteers, provide educational outreach during volunteer workdays, remove invasive plants, restore native plantings, and monitor sites. As the site leader at Difficult Run Stream Valley Park in Oakton, she is always willing to assist in educating the public about IMA and the importance of controlling invasive species and planting native plants. Holtz is an organized, enthusiastic leader with a gift for motivating volunteers. She goes above and beyond to inspire others to help remove invasive plants from parks, learn about invasives in their own yards, and take steps to remove them. Holtz also serves as an adviser for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Hornaday conservation awards, and Eagle Scouts, educating young volunteers on the importance of habitat restoration. She is credited with removing hundreds of invasive Japanese barberry shrubs, a particularly thorny and unpleasant plant to handle.
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