- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Invasive Species Control at Myersville Fen State Nature Preserve
ORGANIZATION: OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES ASSOCIATION
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Myersville Fen is a small, 27-acre wetland area owned by the City of Green that contains two small fen meadows. Surrounded by a housing development and besieged by invasive plants, Myersville Fen is truly an island of unique plants under constant threat and in need of persistent stewardship.
We will be removing invasive plant species such as narrow-leaved and hybrid cattail, glossy buckthorn, and other invading woody species which are encroaching upon the fen meadows. We will cutting the stems and treating them with herbicide.
Directions: Two miles west of Interstate 77, take State Route 241 to State Route 619 west, then on to Myersville Road. Turn south on Myersville Road to Turtle Bay Circle. Park at the corner of Turtle Bay Circle and Myersville Road.
What to bring: Bring lunch, water, gloves, and muck boots. Herbicide treatment will be done by DNAP staff or trained ONAPA volunteers. Tools will be provided.
If you would like to attend please RSVP at https://www.onapa.org/stewardship-project-sign-up.html
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About OHIO NATURAL AREAS AND PRESERVES ASSOCIATION
Location:
PO BOX 415, JOHNSTOWN, OH 43031, US
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to promoting, protecting and improving Ohio natural areas and preserves.
Description
Onapa is an Ohio based nonprofit dedicated to:
(1) help establish and support local nature preserve friends groups throughout Ohio for both state and non-state natural areas,
(2) provide a support group for the sustainable management of state nature preserves as well as other natural areas around the state,
(3) educate, promote and advance natural areas issues within the Ohio General Assembly as well as with the general public, and
(4) promote the protection of rare species of plants and animals and rare ecosystems.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Myersville Fen State Nature Perservedirections below, OH 44087
DATE POSTED
July 6, 2018
SKILLS
- Habitat Restoration
- Botany
- Horticulture
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 3-5 hours
- Ability to hike off-trail.