The Fowl Meadow Area of Critical Environmental Concern, awash in the magenta-colored flowers of exotic, invasive Purple loosestrife, several years ago.

Wetland Restoration 

Volunteer Opportunities

Join us in an effort to bring back native plants and wildlife to a much-loved wetland that spans several local communities and the Blue Hills Reservation & Neponset River Reservation! View project pictures.

Volunteer Opportunities: 

Monitoring Study Plots. In late June, help monitor wetland study plots. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.

Release Beetles. In mid-July and late-July, help release beetles at wetland sites. Also, 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 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.

Monitor Study Plots. Help us monitor wetland study plots in late August or early September. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.

Gather Plant Pots in the Field. In October or November, help us retrieve plant pots from wetland beetle release sites. Contact Carly at 781-575-0354 x303 or rocklen@neponset.org.

Learn more about the project. View project pictures! 

Contact NepRWA Restoration Manager Carly Rocklen to volunteer and to learn more: rocklen@neponset.org, 781-575-0354 x303.

Volunteer Opportunities Completed for 2010:

Be a Beetle-Rancher.  Help raise beetles! This spring and early summer activity is perfect for people of all ages, individuals, families, groups, classrooms, clubs, Scouts, and more. Learn more.

Harvest Rootballs. On April 10 & 11, help harvest and pot Purple loosestrife rootballs out in the field!

Donate a Kiddie Pool. We seek donations of hard-plastic kiddie pools of 4 to 6 feet in diameter. 'Got one you'd like to donate?

Sew Nets. Participate in sewing bees, yet to be scheduled, April through May, to repair and sew nets with sewing machines.

Divide Beetles. Help divide beetles into small containers.  

Harvest Wild Beetles. Help collect Galerucella beetles at a selected wetland.

This project was 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.

May 2010