OARS Water Chestnut Project

Project Organization: OARS  Project Town(s): Concord, Hudson, Maynard, Stow  Start Date: June 1, 2019

Project Summary:

OARS’ Rapid Response Team is hired from June-August to hand-pull water chestnut along the Assabet and Concord Rivers everywhere that it was found. Volunteers also engaged in hand-pulling on several impoundment sections of the river plus the Sudbury River at Rte 2.   Read more

Habitat Types: River
Control Methods: Manual  Disposal Methods: Composting off site (away from river edge)