Treatment
Sites
An
older picture of blooming
Purple
loosestrife plants at Fowl Meadow.
Credit:
MA DCR.
An
older picture of a DCR
Park Ranger amidst blooming
Purple
loosestrife at Brookwood Farm. Credit:
MA DCR.
Biological
Control Images
Two
species of Galerucella beetles are being used as a
biological control mechanism to
reduce
Purple loosestrife populations at Fowl Meadow and Brookwood
Farm.
Between
sets of holes, a small cluster of white Galerucella sp.
beetle
eggs.
Young,
nibbled
Purple loosestrife plants.
Very
chewed portion of a Purple loosestrife plant.
Site
Surveying Images - July 2008
L-R:
NepRWA Intern Emily Tran and DCR-South Region Assistant
Forester Ale Echandi
survey
for Purple loosestrife and Galerucella beetles at a treatment site.
L-R:
DCR Seasonal Employee Jim Rosconi and Assistant Forester Ale
Echandi
search
for Purple loosestrife
and Galerucella beetles.
Emily
Tran times a beetle-count for Ale Echandi.
Can
you see the study plot markers? Hint - look for pink
flagging tape!
Galerucella
Beetle Release Images - July 10, 2008
Volunteer
Matt Bingham places a container of beetles in a cluster of
Purple loosestrife at a pre-determined location in Fowl
Meadow.
Volunteer
Nathan Palmer gently opens a bucket of beetles at
Brookwood
Farm.
Beetles
make their way out of the container and into the cluster of
surrounding
Purple
loosestrife. The bedding at the bottom of the bucket is also
full of beetles,
and
will be placed separately in the field.
Galerucella
beetles leave the bedding, which has now been placed
in a cluster of
Purple loosestrife.
Beetles
on the lid of the bucket. The lid will be placed in
the field, as well.
Beetles
exit the bucket to enter the cluster of Purple
loosestrife.
Beetles
storm a Purple loosestrife plant. A variety of damage to
the leaves is visible.
View
the plants and animals we've seen on our wetland sites!
For
questions, and for information about getting involved as a project
volunteer, please contact NepRWA Restoration Manager
and Outreach Director Carly Rocklen at
781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.
This
project is made possible through a partnership with the MA
Department of Conservation and Recreation - South Region,
guidance from the Wetland Restoration Program of the MA
Office of Coastal Zone Management, and funding from the
Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, the Corporate Wetlands Restoration
Partnership, the Department of Conservation and
Recreation Partnerships Matching Funds program, and the NLT
Foundation, and with the
assistance of a strong corps of volunteers.
September
2008
