Notes from the Field – April Recap

We had some beautiful days for our work parties in April! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to help, and a huge thanks to our partners at Mass Audubon and The Trustees of Reservations for joining us as well.

Our first work party of the month was at Dike Creek Reserve. One group added wood chips to the start of the trail and did some much needed maintenance in that area. Another group continued working in the agricultural field, in which we had been previously removed old farming infrastructure from. We moved old vineyard posts out of the rows while brush was burned. The next week’s work party was at Ocean View Farm in partnership with Mass Audubon. We are continuing an ongoing project to remove invasive plants on this property and Mass Audubon’s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary across the inlet. The work party was to get rid of the straggling plants while removing the trash that was previously hidden.

As the month continued, we worked at the Slocum’s River Reserve in partnership with the Trustees of Reservations. The Trustees were able to bring a wood chipper so we were able to get rid of invasive woody shrubs. The chips were then used to help mitigate erosion on a section of trail. During the party we collected trash and tended to other small tasks. On the last day of April, we snuck in one more work party at Ridge Hill Reserve. Our awesome volunteers worked in teams to cover most of the trail network cutting downed trees. We also had volunteers removing any invasive plant hiding from previous work done, as well as working to maintain our erosion control features.Thank you again to everyone who came out to help!