Montpelier Invasive Species Control and Education Project
Park lands in North Branch River Park were acquired with significant invasive species that needed control. It was proposed to create an interpretive trail on invasive species management, including signage with explanations of the invasive species and how they are being controlled.
Montpelier
Citizen Science, Forest Land, Inventory, Land Management, Outreach, partnerships, water, wetland, wildlife
As of 2014, we've posted 11 interpretive signs along the trail and planted 200 trees - 60 of which survived.
Main Street Middle School (Eli Rosenberg, teacher), Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, The Trust for Public Land
The partnership with the middle school has been critical.
Planting trees higher than the knotweed can grow has also been an important lesson.
Protecting for beavers has also been important.
Managing the edge of the knotweed patches to prevent spreading.
Beavers
Invasive plant