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Invasive species control: Insights from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

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Wednesday, March 9th @ 10:00 a.m. via Zoom Join Society for Ecological Restoration to learn how manipulating plant order of arrival, a process that creates priority effects, may be an unexplored tool to hinder the establishment of invasive non-native plants…

Wild & Scenic – Remove & Restore

Shaker Mill Brook Becket, MA, United States

Friday, June 17 from 10 AM – 2 PM Join Wild & Scenic Westfield River Committee in their battle against the Barberry Beast! Learn to ID and remove barberry and how to protect yourself and the riparian corridor while doing so!…

Water Chestnut Pull at Smiley’s Pond in South Egremont

Smiley's Pond Rts 41 & 23, South Egremeont, MA

Thursday, July 14, starting at 10:00 AM Join in the group effort to eradicate the invasive water chestnut from Smiley's Pond (a.k.a. Mill Pond) in South Egremont, MA. Bring your own kayak or canoe; gloves and a bucket are also…

10×10 Festival: Cutting Invasive Hardy Kiwi @ Burbank Park with BEAT

Burbank Park Pittsfield, MA, United States

Start your weekend off right and help eradicate destructive invasive hardy kiwi at the same time! Gloves and tools will be provided, but we encourage you to bring extra tools if you have them (loppers, pruning sheers, and pruning saws).…

Volunteer for Earth Day at BEAT’s Environmental Leadership & Education Center

BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Celebrate and give back to the planet that provides us with everything this Earth Day! As you may already know, BEAT purchased its very own home in November 2021; our Environmental Leadership & Education Center sits on the edge of…

Garlic Mustard Volunteer Day

Mount Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough, MA

DCR needs you! The sensitive habitats on Mount Greylock are being overrun with Garlic Mustard, a non-native invasive herb that alters the soil and crowds out native plants. We’ll be hand-pulling Garlic Mustard to help improve the roadside and forested…

VOLUNTEER! Invasive Plant Removal & Riverbank Restoration at BEAT’s Center

BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Consider joining BEAT to help restore the riverbank behind our Environmental Leadership & Education Center by removing invasive plant species and planting native ones! For the next several weeks, BEAT will alternate between our usual Friday hardy kiwi removals in…

VOLUNTEER! Invasive Plant Removal & Riverbank Restoration at BEAT’s Center

BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Consider joining BEAT to help restore the riverbank behind our Environmental Leadership & Education Center by removing invasive plant species and planting native ones! For the next several weeks, BEAT will alternate between our usual Friday hardy kiwi removals in…

VOLUNTEER! Invasive Plant Removal & Riverbank Restoration at BEAT’s Center

BEAT's Environmental Leadership & Education Center 20 Chapel St, Pittsfield, MA, United States

Consider joining BEAT to help restore the riverbank behind our Environmental Leadership & Education Center by removing invasive plant species and planting native ones! For the next several weeks, BEAT will alternate between our usual Friday hardy kiwi removals in…

Volunteer: Morning Knotweed Suppression

Join the Wild & Scenic Westfield River Committee and learn a simple method that they have been using to starve small knotweed patches. Help the interns with their final day collecting data and stripping the leaves. Head home empowered to…

Volunteer: Remove & Restore — Shaker Mill Brook

Wild & Scenic Westfield River Committee will teach folks how to ID the most common invasive species and the best way, that they have found, to remove the invasive plants and work to restore riparian areas. Registration is required. To…

Uprooting Invasives

Monterey Community Center 468 Main Rd. (Rt. 23), Monterey, MA

How can we conquer the aggressive plants that strive to overtake our gardens, fields, shorelines, and roadsides thereby endangering our native plants and animals? Wayne Mezitt, Chair of the Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group and Past President of the American…

Canoe Meadows Fall Volunteer Day

Canoe Meadows Wildlife Sanctuary 309 Holmes Rd., Pittsfield, MA

Mass Audubon's Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries Fall Volunteer Days Help restore sections of the boardwalk along Sacred Way while also trimming vegetation and removing invasive plant species along the trail. Dress for the weather and working outside. Bring your favorite work…

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