- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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64 people are interested
Fresh Pond Volunteer Stewards
ORGANIZATION: City of Cambridge Water Department
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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64 people are interested
Join a group of dedicated, energetic, and plant savvy Super Weeders at Fresh Pond Reservation - stewardship-minded citizens dedicated to keeping invasive plants at bay for the benefit of wildlife, water, and humans alike. Meet your neighbors, learn about urban plants and watershed protection, and help out with natural resources monitoring and restoration. No experience necessary! Drop in and lend a hand with weeding nuisance plants, watering new plantings, making rabbit cages, pruning, and other gardening tasks. Training provided periodically by plant conservation experts at New England Wildflower Society, mentorship and ecological wisdom provided by returning volunteers. We make gardening in the forests and fields fun!
Occasionally, additional volunteer projects, such as purple loosestrife monitoring and native species plantings, will also be scheduled. Unless otherwise noted, we meet at the volunteer trailer in the Water Department parking lot. No experience or long-term commitment necessary! All tools are provided; sturdy shoes, pants, long-sleeves, and a water bottle are strongly recommended, along with a pair of gardening gloves.
Our season of outdoor work is typically April through November with regularly scheduled weekday events on Tuesdays and Thursdays, along with occasional weekend and weeknight events.
What kind of volunteer activity are you looking for?
- Destroy - invasive species management- Thursdays 10am to Noon, meet at the trailer by the building parking lot to tool up before we go! No commitment, just 2 hours a week of pulling and cutting while out in nature.
- Create - woodland habitat restoration- Tuesdays anytime between 9:30am and 1pm, you can meet directly at the woodland habitat restoration area. Help turn what was once entirely invasive into a native wonder!
More opportunities with City of Cambridge Water Department
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About City of Cambridge Water Department
Location:
250 Fresh Pond Parkway, Cambridge, MA 02138, US
Mission Statement
Fresh Pond Reservation consists of 162 acres of open space surrounding and protecting the 155 acre Fresh Pond Reservoir. Fresh Pond Reservoir is a vital part of the drinking water supply system for the City of Cambridge. Fresh Pond is fed by the drinking water system's important upland reservoirs: Hobbs Brook Reservoir in Lincoln, Lexington, and Waltham, and Stony Brook Reservoir in Weston and Waltham. Raw water from Fresh Pond is purified at the adjacent Walter J. Sullivan Water Treatment Facility and pumped to Payson Park Reservoir in Belmont. From there it flows back to the city by gravity, providing drinking water to the residents and businesses of Cambridge.
Description
Fresh Pond Reservation: protecting the Cambridge water supply since 1889.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
250 Fresh Pond ParkwayCambridge, MA 02138
DATE POSTED
October 1, 2018
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Landscaping
- Botany
- Environmental Education
- Gardening
- Environmental Science
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Come for just an hour or come every week!
- We have the tools, you bring yourself (and rugged clothing)