For those caring for nature in New England, non-native invasive plants can present stewardship challenges. Here you'll find references, inspiration, and ways to take action to help conserve nature and manage invasive plants in New England.
Resources
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Borrow stewardship tools from lending libraries in Epping, NH and the Upper Valley region of NH.
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Get involved helping remove the invasive plant garlic mustard from the environment in New England.
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A fact sheet from UNH Extension about the invasive plant garlic mustard, including management considerations for New England.
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Learn how to map invasive plants using EDDMaps, so your observations will contribute to a wider effort.
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UNH Extension has compiled the best resources for invasive plants and insects in New Hampshire
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A good example of invasive plant outreach materials, created by the Peterborough, NH Conservation Commission
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A story map showing the collective volunteer participation in the Garlic Mustard Challenge in New England and Eastern New York since 2014.
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A guide to invasive plant management in New Hampshire, compiled by NH Fish & Game.
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Knotweed Best Management Practices from the NH Department of Agriculture
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Recipe for pesto made from garlic mustard, a non-native invasive plant found in New Hampshire and other New England states.
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Learn how to pull and dispose of invasive garlic mustard.
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Learn how to identify and remove wild parsnip, an invasive plant new to New Hampshire
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Stories
Tuesday, November 24, 1:49pm by Grace McCulloch Summer intern Grace provides insights and tips for first time outdoor volunteers.
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Thursday, August 26, 11:00am by Joan Griswold Pod picking of black swallow-wort reaches annual milestone at Marginal Way in Oqunquit, ME
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Tips we wished we’d known at the beginning of the summer to hopefully help others who want (or need) to explore NH's Salt Marshes in the summer!
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Introducing the Nature Groupie Stewardship Interns for 2021: Sydney Gendreau, Julia Matthews and Olivia Pitta!
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Wednesday, April 22, 1:30pm by Charlotte Thompson Together, we can still have a big impact for Earth Day 2020!
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Monday, August 13, 4:14pm by Diane DeVries Summer intern Diane engaged nature volunteers and supported conservation partners during her internship at Nature Groupie in 2018. Here she shares photos of a workday on Mt. Washington!
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Tuesday, November 7, 11:46am by Malin Clyde Borrow stewardship tools for free from a new Seacoast, NH-based library
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Saturday, August 5, 12:44pm by Ellen Snyder Conservation partners and advanced volunteers needed to stop the spread of this tough invasive
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Tuesday, June 6, 10:45am by Kelley McDonnell Intern Kelley McDonnell ran a Garlic Mustard Challenge pull with 40 middle schoolers and staff.
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Wednesday, March 29, 10:54am by Kelley McDonnell Are you ready to pull plants for the next challenge?
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Saturday, April 16, 2:01pm by Dr. Tom Lee Take a closer look at this invasive forest plant and learn how to prevent its spread.
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Thursday, October 29, 12:38pm by Malin Clyde Students and community members from Durham and the Oyster River School District combined stewardship efforts in Beard's Creek this fall.
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Monday, August 24, 2:01pm by Joan Griswold How to mobilize a neighborhood to tackle an aggressive invasive plant.
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Monday, August 3, 2:44pm by Malin Clyde New Hampshire Lake Hosts continue to defend lakes from harmful invasive species
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Monday, July 6, 3:49pm by Ellen Snyder Community volunteers joined Conservation Commission members to help restore forestland at Little Harbor on June 22.
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Thursday, May 14, 3:20pm by Emma Tutein A small frog springs forward in front of my foot as we wrestle with a large, bright-orange “weed wrench,” a metal tool that helps pull invasive shrubs out of the ground.
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Monday, October 27, 9:33am by Emily Lord I spent my last sunny afternoon of Indian summer in the Seacoast on the edge of the Great Bay in Newmarket, NH.
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Wednesday, October 8, 10:02am by Malin Clyde The Town of Durham and NRCS partner to deploy a new tool for invasive shrub removal.
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Monday, September 8, 10:30am by Ellen Snyder In early July I met up with consultant Mike Bald (GotWeeds?) as he was walking a roadside in Norwich, Vermont.
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Wednesday, August 20, 10:57am by Alicia Carlson I was somewhere I wouldn’t normally be on a Sunday morning in August—sitting in a canoe on Weirs Beach at the edge of Lake Winnipesaukee.
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Friday, July 25, 11:04am by Ellen Snyder In late April, 50 people from 14 towns assembled at the Howe Library in Hanover, NH for a Garlic Mustard Muster.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2:30pm by Joanna Lewis Summer intern Jo Lewis spent two weeks with the New Castle Conservation Commission eradicating invasive plants and creating outreach documents.
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Monday, June 30, 2:03pm by Lisa Demaine Forty 4H teens from across NH helped tackle the glossy buckthorn invasion of UNH’s College Woods as part of the annual NH 4-H Teen Conference.
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Thursday, June 26, 1:56pm by Kyle Farr A dense stand of invasive plants is intimidating. And so are 150 high school students armed with clippers, weed-wrenches, and work gloves.
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Wednesday, June 18, 11:12am by Joanna Lewis Summer intern Jo Lewis spent her first week with the Property Manager of Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire maintaining conserved properties.
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Monday, May 19, 3:59pm by Malin Clyde Did you know that anyone can report populations of invasive plants and insects? These reports help stewardship managers plan removal projects and identify invasive hot spots.
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Monday, May 19, 3:53pm by Francie von Mertens Volunteer Francie von Mertens is working with the Well School, getting hands dirty pulling garlic mustard, an invasive plant that threats forests in southern New Hampshire.
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Monday, April 28, 4:12pm by Ellen Snyder Read the story
