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Invasive Species Control Volunteer - Multiple properties
Interested in ecology? Want to promote biodiversity on our properties and across Massachusetts? Combine your love of nature with service by helping the Trustees to curb the harmful spread of invasive species. This volunteer position requires removing invasive species, bagging them up, and placing them at the property entrance for pickup. Work is mostly independent with occasional opportunities to work with staff and other volunteers. This position is vital to helping The Trustees’ achieve their ecological stewardship goals.
Responsibilities
- Assist with invasive species control at one or more properties in the South Coast Management Unit
- Understand the ecology/biology of invasive species and be able to identify them in the field
- Coordinate with staff around targeted populations and species
- Walk the property and remove invasive species such as pale swallowwort, Asiatic bittersweet, bush honeysuckle, and garlic mustard
- Remove invasive species, primarily by hand pulling (combined with use of a hand-pick or dandelion weeder)
- Place these weeded plants in a garbage bag and bring to the entrance for pickup
- Report new populations or species observed
- Log volunteer hours in a timely fashion
- Interest in and an understanding of the need to control invasive plants
- Ability to work both as part of a team and independently
- Dress in appropriate field clothes and footwear for varying weather conditions: hot and dry, cold or wet, etc.
- Observance of Trustees safety protocol
- Plant identification skills
Time Commitment
At least one season, average of 2 hours per week. Exact timing is dependent upon seasonality of species.
Location
Various properties within South Coast Management Unit including but not limited to Lyman Reservation, East Over Reservation and Westport Town Farm
For more information
Contact Eileen Small, Volunteer Resources Coordinator, 781-784-0567 x5501, esmall@thetrustees.org
To explore other volunteer opportunities visit our volunteer page at http://volunteer.thetrustees.org/
The Trustees is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, military service, application for military service, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. The Trustees makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. d
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About The Trustees of Reservations
Location:
200 High Street, Boston, MA 02110, US
Mission Statement
The Trustees of Reservations is here to protect and share the Massachusetts places people love for their exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value. For their trails, their history, their gardens, their beaches. For the simple reason that nature and culture can soothe the soul and improve our lives.
Description
Who We Are
We are more than 100,000 people like you who love the outdoors, who love the distinctive charms of New England, and who believe in celebrating and protecting them, for everyone, forever.
Together with our neighbors, we protect the distinct character of our communities and inspire a commitment to our special places. Our passion is to share with everyone the irreplaceable natural and cultural treasures we care for.
What We Do
We enjoy and care for more than 100 special places - nearly 25,000 acres - all around Massachusetts. And we are actively building an extended family of friends and neighbors across the state that can help in their different ways.
What We Are Up Against
Through more than 100 years of hard work and high standards, The Trustees have built a sterling reputation and a stunning physical legacy.
Today, the places we care about are going fast, and the forces undermining them, including climate change, are moving faster. We need to tap the wellspring of people’s joy - in their communities, their heritage, and the natural world - and mobilize a whole new generation to care.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Lyman ReservationHead of the Bay Road and Red Brook RoadBourne, Plymouth, Wareham, MA 02532
DATE POSTED
May 21, 2020
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Multi-Tasking
- Botany
- Environmental Policy
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Seasonally, 2 hours per week