Habitat Type: Fields
Projects
Friends of ARNWR: Assabet Pulling Together
Project Organization: Assabet Pulling Together Project Town(s): Maynard Start Date: April 1, 2014Project Summary:
From Spring to fall each year, volunteers come out each Saturday to work on manual control of invasives. Read more
Habitat Types: Abandoned lot/home site, Field/forest edge, Fields, Roadside edge, Upland/wetland edgeControl Methods: Manual Disposal Methods: Brush Pile, Incineration, Bagging, Left on site
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge Project
Project Organization: FWS Project Town(s): Maynard Start Date: April 15, 2012Project Summary:
Pathfinder II herbicide treatment and manual pulling and cutting were used to control invasive species across the management area over the course of one year with planned follow-up monitoring. Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Floodplain forest, Pitch pine forest, Shrub wetland, Upland/wetland edgeControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Incineration, Bagging
Westford Conservation Trust’s Mile-a-Minute Project
Project Organization: Westford Conservation Trust Project Town(s): Westford Start Date: June 1, 2010Project Summary:
The Mile-a-minute(MAM) plant is an early detection species and even though they are an annual they are prodigious seed producers and can rapidly take over acres of land by smothering existing vegetation. At first it is hard to believe that an annual vine which initially looks fragile and pretty with… Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Roadside edge, Stream bank, Upland/wetland edgeControl Methods: Manual Disposal Methods: Incineration, Bagging
Trustees of Reservations Black Swallowwort Control
Project Organization: The Trustees Project Town(s): Concord Start Date: August 13, 2009Project Summary:
All swallowwort was treated with herbicide Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Stream bankControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Left on site
Sudbury Valley Trustees Greenways Conservation Area
Project Organization: Sudbury Valley Trustees Project Town(s): Wayland Start Date: September 1, 2005Project Summary:
Mechanical clearing and mowing was done on the field which was followed up by four years of herbicide treatment and native planting projects. Read more
Habitat Types: Field/forest edge, Fields, Upland/wetland edge, Wet meadowControl Methods: Chemical, Manual Disposal Methods: Brush Pile, Left on site