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Neponset Salt Marsh Restoration: Dorchester Reporter, CZM, CWRP. 

Ongoing effort to restore the health of the Neponset River.

 

Volunteers of all ages have participated in a wetland restoration project implemented by the Neponset River Watershed Association in partnership with DCR.

The Fowl Meadow Area of Critical Environmental Concern, covered in flowering exotic, invasive Purple loosestrife, Aug. 2001-2005. Credit: DCR.

 

Wetland Restoration 

Volunteer Opportunities

 
 

Help bring back native plants and wildlife to a much-loved wetland spanning several communities, the Blue Hills Reservation and Neponset River Reservation! Contact NepRWA Restoration Manager Carly Rocklen to volunteer and learn more: rocklen@neponset.org, 781-575-0354 x303.

 

Volunteer Opportunities:

Donate a Kiddie Pool. We seek donations of 4-ft. diameter small, hard-plastic kiddie pools.

Gather Plant Pots in the Field. In November, help us retrieve plant pots from wetland beetle release sites. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org. Dates TBA.

Register to be a Beetle Rancher.

Beetle Rancher Training Sessions in March. 

Rootball Harvests in April.

Sew Nets. Help repair beetle ranching nets. If you can sew by hand and also use a sewing machine, please lend a hand! Learn more about the nets - e.g., what they look like; how they're used; and how to make them. Contact Carly to learn more: rocklen@neponset.org, 781-575-0354.

Divide Beetles. In June, help divide beetles into small containers. Register at rocklen@neponset.org, or call Carly at 781-575-0354 x303.

Monitor Study Plots. In late June, help monitor wetland study plots. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org. Dates TBA.

Release Beetles. In July or August, help release beetles at a wetland site. Let us know if you can help transport equipment -- e.g., do you have an auto with lots of room (trucks, stationwagons, miniwagons, SUVs)? Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org. 

Monitor Study Plots. Help us monitor wetland study plots in September. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 or rocklen@neponset.org. 

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This project is made possible through the support of the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership, the MA DCR, OPPP, the NLT Foundation, the William P. Wharton Trust, and The Norcross Wildlife Foundation, Inc.

September 2011