On Tuesday, July 28, from 9–11 AM, join Chocorua Lake Conservancy for a “Bittersweet Outdoor Volunteer Morning” of camaraderie, exercise, and plant control at the Brown Lot across from Chocorua Lake. Our volunteer stewards will be learning how to identify, remove, and control nonnative plants that might otherwise out-compete native trees and shrubs. Our work at the Brown Lot will focus on non-native bittersweet. We’ll be cutting vines and the low growth in an attempt to keep the vines at bay. Young leaves are just emerging, which makes identification and finding them easier. Japanese barberry is also present and we’ll tackle that as we come across it in the understory. Herbalists looking for a non-endangered source of berberine are welcome to come join us in our efforts and take some barberry root home. This is an ongoing project after receiving Natural Resources Conservation Service cost-share funding to help with efforts. Meet at The Island public access area on the lake, right off of Route 16. Feel free to come for all or some of the morning. Please register in advance so that we can let you know of any changes to the schedule.