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Additional Weed Watchers Trainings 2003
In addition to the three pilot project Weed Watcher ponds, residents from other ponds were trained as MA Weed Watchers including; Harwich Samplers, Coonamessett Pond, Crystal Lake, Eagle Pond, Plymouth Pond, Mashby & Wakeby Ponds, Wequaquet Pond, Bryce Pond, Martins Pond and Webster Lake.
The DCR Lakes and Ponds Program also trained over 75 additional volunteers by holding Weed Watcher Training workshops at Bristol Community College and the Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod (APCC). This Spring the Weed Watcher Program plans to continue training volunteers to monitor their own waterbodies.
For information on becoming a MA Weed Watcher contact Michelle Robinson
at: michelle.robinson@state.ma.us
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| Volunteers practicing identifying
aquatic plant samples at the APCC. |
Volunteers learning to use a
dichotomous key to identify invasive non-native plants in a
Weed |
DCR Aquatic biologist Michelle
Robinson explaining the negative impacts invasive species have
on biodiversity and ways to prevent their spread. |
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| DCR Lakes and Ponds Initiative
Program Manager Anne Monnelly teaching a volunteer how to detect
serrations on the leaf margins of Hydrilla. |
DCR Lakes and Ponds Coordinator,
Jim Straub, explaining the correct methodology for completing
a plant survey collecting accurate field data. |
A volunteer using a plant rake
to sample aquatic vegetation in the lake. |
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