Habitat Restoration Action Days

Invasive Species Pulls

As pretty as some exotic plants look, they can have devastating impacts on our local environment!

Help restore wildlife habitat at Wye Marsh.


Learn how to safely remove invasive plants from the area. Join us for just two hours on any of the days listed below - and you will make a difference! 

Registration preferred. Drop-ins welcome. Please call 705-526-7809, or email cpezik@wyemarsh.com.

If possible, bring your gardening gloves, drinking water, and bug spray.

Garlic Mustard, Dames Rocket, and Spotted Knapweed Dates: 

SATURDAYS from 9 am - 11 am

  • May 31
  • June 7
  • June 14
  • June 21
  • June 28

Help our turtles. Become a Phragmites Fighter!

While native Phragmites are a natural part of our local ecosystem, the Eurasian form is not. Alien to our wetland, it grows in tall, tight stands that are destroying vital turtle habitat at Wye Marsh.

As the summer progresses, our Stewardship Team shifts its focus from Garlic Mustard, Dames Rocket, Spotted Knapweed and other species to phragmites. Find out which species will be tackled on each of the dates listed below by calling 705-526-7809. 

SATURDAYS from 9 am - 11 am

  • July 5
  • July 12
  • July 19
  • July 26
  • August 2
  • August 9
  • August 16
  • August 23
  • August 30

Registration preferred. Drop-ins welcome. Please call  705-526-7809, or email cpezik@wyemarsh.com.

If possible, bring your gardening gloves, drinking water, and bug spray.


 

Thank you for helping Wye Marsh reclaim vital wetland habitat from this aggressive alien species for all species!

 

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