Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Project

Name: Steph Koch Organization: FWS Phone: (978) 443-4661 ext 24

Site location:

Basic property description:

Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is a 1542 acre conservation and recreation area of mixed habitat.

Management area description:

O'Rourke's Farm is 5 acres of mostly wet meadow surrounded by edge and open field habitat.

Acres in the management area: 5 Listed on EDDMaps? Yes

Habitat type: Field/forest edge, Wet meadow

Was this Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR)? No

Initial Overall Invasive Distribution Description:

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Target species:

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Bush Honeysuckle (Lonucera maackii, Lonicera morrowii, Lonicera tatarica, Lonicera x bella)

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Glossy Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora)

Invasive Species

Initial Percent Cover

Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)

Management objectives:

Improve and maintain edge, field, and wet meadow habitat for wildlife.

Approximate project start date: May 1, 2012

Years this project has been ongoing:

Project summary:

Control method: Chemical, Manual

Disposal method: Incineration, Bagging

Detailed project timeline:

May 17-18: Chemical treatment of 1.73 acres of garlic mustard with a mistblower with Garlon 4 4% solution
May 18: Cut and paint treatment of 0.09 acres of multiflora rose and buckthorn with Pathfinder II 13.6% solution
May 24-25: Cut and paint treatment of 0.18 acres of multiflora rose, honeysuckle, and buckthorn, oriental bittersweet, and autumn olive with Pathfinder II 13.6% solution
June 1: Cut and paint treatment of 0.12 acres of multiflora rose, buckthorn, oriental bittersweet, honeysuckle, and Japanese barberry with Pathfinder II 13.6% solution
June 7: Stomping and machete treatment of 0.19 acres of Japanese knotweed
June 7: Cut and paint treatment of multiflora rose, honeysuckle, glossy buckthorn, and oriental bittersweet with Pathfinder II 13.6% solution
June 15: Cut and paint treatment of 0.13 acres of multiflora rose, buckthorn, oriental bittersweet, and Japanese hops with Pathfinder 13.6% solution
June 22: Manual removal of multiflora rose
June 29: Cut and paint treatment of 0.82 acres of multiflora rose ans buckthorn with Pathfinder II 13.6% solution
July 6: Cut and paint treatment of 1.23 acres of buckthorn and multiflora rose with PFII 1.36%
July 13: Cut and paint treatment of 0.19 acres of multiflora rose, japanese hops, and glossy buckthorn with PFII 1.36%

Funding sources: NFWF Grant

Final acres in management: 5

Open to the public: Yes

Able to Provide Tours: No

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Last Updated: June 30, 2012