Hickory Hills Lake Lunenburg: Earth Day Volunteer Opportunity!

Volunteer Invasive Purple Loosestrife Plant Removal

Saturday, April 27 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at Hickory Hills Lake, 19 Island Road in Lunenburg, MA

Raindate: Sunday, April 28 same time

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Opportunity for Ages 14 and up

Join friends and neighbors as we celebrate Earth Day 2024 with a volunteer invasive purple loosestrife plant removal on the shorelines of Hickory Hills Lake in Lunenburg, MA. The event will take place from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. Volunteers will hand pull plants on the shoreline of the lake in order to improve the waterfront ecosystem. This plant invades marshes and lakeshores, replacing natural wetland plants and impacting habitat for local wildlife. 

We’ll meet at 9:45am at 19 Island Road in Lunenburg (map below). Some tools and work gloves will be available for use, but if possible, volunteers are asked to bring their own loppers, pruning shears, and work gloves. Please dress for the weather, consider long sleeves, long pants and a hat. If you can wear rubber boots, muck boots, or waders that will allow access to more plants; otherwise wear sturdy shoes. Consider bug repellent, and sunscreen. Be sure to bring drinking water. 

This volunteer event is for ages 14 and up. Youth under age 18 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

This event is hosted by the Nashua River Watershed Association, with support from the US Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the Hickory Hills Landowners, Inc.

Registration is required for planning purposes. Register online today! Thank you!

Celebrate the Earth!  Celebrate Lunenburg!  Celebrate Community!

Click image or this link for Google Map to Hickory Hills Lake event meet-up location at 19 Island Road in Lunenburg.

 Hickory Hills Lake photo by John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Adams Dam Park in Townsend: Earth Month Volunteer Opportunity!

Adult Volunteer Native Planting Project

Tuesday, April 23 from 9:00 to 11:30 am at Adams Dam Park in Townsend, MA

CALLING ADULT VOLUNTEERS! 

The Nashua River Watershed Association and the Townsend Conservation Commission seek six to eight volunteers to assist with planting of native plants at the Adams Dam site in Townsend. The event will take place from 9:00 to 11:30 am. Volunteers will plant native plants on the slope of the shoreline of the Squannacook River in order to improve the riverside ecosystem. Native plants will help to stabilize the streambank preventing erosion, slowing storm runoff into the river, and they will provide  habitat for local wildlife. 

We’ll meet at 8:45am at the Adams Dam Park parking area, behind the Farmers Exchange on Rt. 13 in Townsend (map below). Some tools and work gloves will be available for use, but if possible, volunteers are asked to bring their own spades, trowels, and work gloves. Please dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and a hat; consider long sleeves and long pants, bug repellent, and sunscreen. Be sure to bring drinking water. 

This volunteer event is for adults only due to the steep slope of the planting area and proximity to water. Volunteers should be comfortable working on steep slope.

This event is hosted by the Nashua River Watershed Association, with support from the US Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the Townsend Conservation Commission.

Registration is required for planning purposes. Register online today! Thank you!

Celebrate the Earth!  Celebrate Townsend!  Celebrate Community!

Click image or this link for Google Map to the Adams Dam Park event meet-up location in the parking area behind the Farmers Exchange on Rt. 13 in Townsend, MA.

Nashua River Rail Trail Pepperell: Earth Day Volunteer Opportunity!

Volunteer Invasive Garlic Mustard Removal

Wednesday, April 24 from 9:00 am to Noon on the Nashua River Rail Trail in Pepperell, MA

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! 

Join friends and neighbors as we celebrate Earth Month 2024 with a volunteer invasive garlic mustard plant removal along the Nashua River Rail Trail in Pepperell, MA. The event will take place from 9:00 am to noon. Volunteers will hand pull plants along the trail in order to improve the trailside ecosystem. This plant invades roadsides and trailsides, replacing native plants and negatively impacting habitat for local wildlife. 

We’ll meet at 8:45am at the Rail Trail parking lot on Main Street (Rt. 113) in downtown Pepperell, MA (map below). Some work gloves will be available for use, but if possible, volunteers are asked to bring their own. Be sure to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, and a hat; consider bug repellent and sunscreen. Be sure to bring drinking water. Youth under age 18 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

This event is hosted by the Nashua River Watershed Association, with support from the US Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the Pepperell Invasive Species Committee. This event is part of Pepperell's 2024 Garlic Mustard Challenge.

Registration is required for planning purposes. Register online today! Thank you!

Celebrate the Earth!  Celebrate Pepperell!  Celebrate Community!

Click image or this link for Google Map to Nashua River Rail Trail event meet-up location at the Nashua River Rail Trail parking lot on Main Street (Rt.113) in downtown Pepperell.

Groton Town Forest Earth Day Afternoon Volunteer Opportunity!

Volunteer Invasive Plant Pull and Tree Planting

Monday, April 22 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Groton Town Forest in Groton, MA

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Opportunity for Ages 14 and up

Join friends and neighbors as we celebrate Earth Day 2024 with a volunteer invasive plant removal and native tree planting at Groton Town Forest on the banks of the Nashua River in Groton, MA. The event will take place from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Volunteers will cut, hand pull, and stack invasive plants and plant native trees in order to improve the riverbank ecosystem along the Nashua River. By restoring riparian forests in our community, we can cool water temperatures, reduce riverbank erosion, filter runoff or pollution, sequester carbon, and enhance native biodiversity.

Volunteers will meet at the main parking area at the southern end of Town Forest Road in Groton, MA at 2:45 pm. Some tools and work gloves will be available for use, but if possible, volunteers are asked to bring their own loppers, pruning shears, and work gloves. Be sure to dress for the weather, wear sturdy shoes, a hat; consider long sleeves and long pants, bug repellent, and sunscreen.  Be sure to bring drinking water. 

This volunteer event is for ages 14 and up. Youth under age 18 need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

This event is hosted by the Nashua River Watershed Association, with support from the US Department of Agriculture, and in partnership with the Town of Groton Invasive Species Committee.

Registration is required for planning purposes. Register online today! Thank you!

Celebrate the Earth!  Celebrate Groton!  Celebrate Community!

Click image or this link for Google Map to the Groton Town Forest event meet-up location at the end of Town Forest Road in Groton, MA.