Summer training and work events

New for 2008:

Introductory IPANE Training(click here for registration information)

Saturday, April 12, 2008. , at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. Serving eastern Connecticut, southeastern Massachusetts.

Saturday, May 3, 2008. Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Serving western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, southern New Hampshire.

Saturday, May 10, 2008. Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park in Woodstock, Vermont. Serving Northern Vermont, northern New Hampshire.

Sunday, June 8, Maine. Pine Tree State Arboretum, 153 Hospital St. Augusta, ME.

 

Getting Started Workshops (email sarah.treanor@uconn.edu to register) *Pre-registration is greatly appreciated. Specific directions to sites will be sent to those who register

2 May         Goddard State Park, Warwick, Rhode Island

14 May       Mashamoquet Brook State Park, Pomfret, Connecticut

17 June      Appalachian Trail, Sheffied, Massachusetts

*Keep an eye out for more getting started workshops...

 

Advanced Training:Little known herbaceous invasives

2 August       University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

5 August       Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock, NH

 

Early Detection Workshops (TBA)

 

Pulling Partnerships - the following removal events are organized by the New England Wildflower Society

Garlic Mustard Pull, Plainfield Sanctuary, Plainfield, New Hampshire

• May 2
• June 2
• June 9
• June 16

Pale Swallowwort Pull, East Haven, Connecticut

• June 25
• June 30

Water Chestnut Pull, Rowley, Massachusetts

• July 9

Ornamental Jewelweed Removal, Farmington, Maine

• July 15
• July 21
• July 28
• August 4
• August 11

Japanese Stilt grass Removal, West Springfield, Massachusetts

• August 18
• August 21
• August 22
• August 25
• August 26
• August 28

Water Chestnut Pull, Rowley, Massachusetts

• September 4

Glossy Buckthorn Removal, Arbutus Sanctuary, Winchendon, Massachusetts

• September 5
• September 6

 

Volunteers at advanced training with Les Mehrhoff

Looking for new volunteers

We are looking for new IPANE volunteers in ME, NH, VT, and CT. Please print a recruitment poster and pass it on or post it in a location where likely volunteers might congregate.