Calling Weed Watchers!

Purple loosestrife is one of the invasive plants to be controlled at Lubberland Creek. © Joanne Glode/TNC.

Weed Watcher Training: 

Saturday, October 3rd (full day)
 
Great Bay Project Office
112 Bay Road
Newmarket, NH 03857 

Over the past four years, The Nature Conservancy and several partners identified and mapped invasive plant locations in the Lubberland Creek Preserve and other nearby areas. TNC staff and contractors will soon be removing dense invasive infestations in several locations, however, we are seeking volunteers who can adopt areas of the preserve and help us search for new invasions before they become big problems. 

Volunteers will be trained in invasive plant species identification, will adopt areas of the preserve for monitoring, and will search these designated areas 3-4 times over the next year.  They may also assist with removal of invasive species as appropriate.  Volunteers should be physically fit and comfortable with hiking and navigating off trail and over rough and potentially wet terrain. 

The Nature Conservancy’s Lubberland Creek Preserve is a remarkable, 420-acre natural area which occupies portions of the towns of Newmarket and Durham, and comprises the largest remaining intact block of forest and freshwater wetlands adjoining Great Bay (5,424 acres, of which 2,405 acres are currently under protection).   The Lubberland Creek Preserve is characterized by a diverse mix of upland, freshwater wetland, and estuarine environment including tidal shoreline; extensive oak-hickory and hemlock-beech-oak-pine forest; vernal pools; salt marsh and intertidal flats; freshwater wetlands; grasslands; and shrublands.  The preserve contains three exemplary natural communities and is home to four rare species of animals, and twelve rare plant species.

For more information and to RSVP for the training please contact Karen Lombard at:
klombard@tnc.org; 617-227-7017 x 323.