Learn to identify, cut invasive plants April 4 at Ansonia Nature Center

ANSONIA - Join Ranger Maria [at the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center April 4] to learn how to identify, cut, and treat invasive plants overtaking some of the most diverse areas of our forest.

Meet at the Visitor Center at 9:30 a.m. Bring loppers, hand clippers, or pruning saws if you have them (loaners available). Wear long sleeves and pants, sturdy gloves, and bring water and a snack.

We’ll work until 11:30 a.m., followed by our signature soup-and-bread lunch.

Free — Registration Required

No experience needed—just curiosity and a willingness to help! 12 years and older welcome! Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The nature center is at 10 Deerfield Lane.

Click here to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../woodland-invasives-what-to... 

Shared from a Facebook event page.

Join Ansonia Nature Center volunteers Jan. 24, learn about invasive plants

ANSONIA - Join our volunteers at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 24 to help restore wild places, swap seasonal sadness for woodland adventure, and find connection in the quiet beauty of winter

Curious about invasive plants and what they look like in the winter? Come along and help our Volunteer Conservation Corps find these resilient plants. 

Learn how species like barberry, burning bush, and oriental bittersweet continue to spread even when the temperature drops. It's a great opportunity to see how these plants adapt and what we can do to manage them. 

All experience levels welcome! 12 years and older welcome! Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center is at 10 Deerfield Lane.

Help Ansonia Nature Center volunteers, learn about invasive plants

ANSONIA - Curious about invasive plants and what they look like in the winter? 

Come along at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 22 and help the Nature Center’s Volunteer Conservation Corps find these resilient plants.

Learn how species like barberry, burning bush, and oriental bittersweet continue to spread even when the temperature drops. It's a great opportunity to see how these plants adapt and what we can do to manage them. 

All experience levels welcome! 12 years and older welcome! Under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Click HERE to register or for more information.

The Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center is at 10 Deerfield Lane.

Ansonia Nature Center seeks volunteers to join conservation corps

This is a press release from the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center, 10 Deerfield Lane.

Ansonia Nature Center needs help with spread of invasive plants

ANRC Conservation Corps - Tuesday Workgroup – 9:30-11:30 a.m.

With the skyrocketing spread of invasive plants, the Nature Center’s wildlife needs your help preserving their habitats.

Join us for Tuesday's Conservation Corps for a morning of land management tasks. This ongoing program will allow people to work it into their sometimes busy schedules.

Please register in advance online. This program is for ages 14 and up.

Participants must wear appropriate clothing and footwear. We will be working on uneven ground as well as off-trail. Bring plenty of water and snacks too! Register here.

DATES:

Oct. 3, 10, 17, & 31
Nov. 7, 14, 21, & 28
Dec. 5 & 12

This is a press release from the Nature Center, 10 Deerfield Lane, Ansonia.

Ansonia Nature Center to host habitat restoration program

ANSONIA - Join the Nature Center’s “Land Stewards Team” at 9 a.m. July 8 and help us in our efforts in habitat restoration.  Japanese Knotweed is invasive vegetation that poses a threat to our Nature Center habitats and waterways. We will gather as a team to do a second carbohydrate starvation cut in sensitive Knotweed infested areas.  Easy to do with families with older children. Click HERE to register online.

The Ansonia Nature Center is at 10 Deerfield Lane. This is a press release from the Center.

Hike, play trivia in July at Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby