Help the Brattleboro Conservation Commission map Japanese Knotweed and join efforts to control its spread!
Tuesday, May 23, 2017 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM
at the West River Park.
The USDA Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team has released a Field Guide for the Biological Control of Weeds in Eastern North America. This guide includes a quick search by flower color (non-flowering are gray), discusses basic plant and biocontrol biology, and has a symbol-driven efficacy quick guide (status for individual biocontrols: high-low priority, caution with redistribution, illegal to redistribute, no establishment, failed to establish).
The Stowe Land Trust is working on a multiyear effort to restore native diversity and habitats to 50 acres of conserved land on the DuMont Meadow property at the end of Adams Mill Road.
This talk is in CT, but may still be of interest: This talk features an introduction to invasive plant species in the Northeast, followed by profiles of the most troublesome emerging invasive plants most people (including many plant professionals!) are not familiar with.
Learn about common invasive plants found in forests in Vermont, and learn/practice management techniques. Please let us know if you're planning to attend so we can bring enough safety equipment and tools. RSVP to info@vtcoverts.org
9am-1:30pm
Come prepared for a day in the woods, no facilities. Bring water, food, proper clothes and footwear for removing woody plants. Please take precautions as we will most likely encounter ticks.
Parking in pull off across the street from Whitney Creek Wildlife Management Area entrance, near Whitney Creek Rd. on Rt. 125 in Addison.