A new partnership expands our work to combat harmful plants
The Fells suffers from the serious environmental impacts of non-native plant species that invade and degrade native habitats.
In the fall of 2021, we were awarded a Partnership Matching Grant from DCR to expand our invasive species work to three key habitat areas in the Fells under threat by invasives.
In spring 2022, an ecological consulting firm developed habitat restoration plans for the habitat areas. Starting in summer 2023, we started working with volunteers to carry out restoration activities. This project includes the removal and management of invasive plant species in Greenwood Park and in targeted areas around Bellevue Pond and Wright’s Tower.
We also work in a variety of other locations in the Fells to manage invasive plants such as Asiatic bittersweet, Glossy buckthorn, Garlic mustard, Japanese knotweed, and more.
Interested in getting involved? Check out our calendar for upcoming volunteer stewardship events or reach out to our Community Engagement and Operations Manager, Maddie Morgan.
If you represent a club, company, or other group interested in scheduling a private volunteer event with us, please check out our group volunteering page here.
Monitor invasives!
If you’d like to help us combat invasives while you enjoy your time in the Fells, consider joining Earthwise Aware’s Invasive Flora Monitoring project. The project involves using a phone app to document and report invasive plant species in the Fells and around Middlesex County. To learn more about this opportunity, please email Maddie Morgan.
Have you seen the posts and signs between the Botume House and Tudor Barn? We need your help to monitor invasives! Take a photo of the two sites where we are working on invasives using the post as your phone’s guideline. You can then submit the photo to us via the QR code on the sign. Take a look at what has been submitted so far and see the progress!
Watch our work on bittersweet here.
Watch our work on porcelain berry, buckthorn, and bittersweet here.