[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in pulling invasive Scotch broom at a site in Yelm. Saturday, March 19th from 9:00am to 12:00pm with lunch provided from 12:00pm - 1:00pm We will be removing Scotch broom from pasture at the Petersen Farm Conservation Easement property. As if pulling Scotch broom wasn't enticing enough, there will also be a BBQ following the work party featuring local grass-fed beef and veggie burgers! It's not often that we get to perform habitat restoration activities on Conservation Easement properties. This is a great opportunity to see a different kind of Land Trust property and we hope to see you there! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in removing invasive Scotch broom at a site southeast of Yelm along the Nisqually River. Wednesday, March 16th from 9:00am to 12:00pm USE THE COOLEST TOOL EVER INVENTED I'm sure you've been anxiously awaiting our next Scotch broom pull. Well, the day has finally come! We could use your help wrenching invasive Scotch broom from our Powell Creek Uplands site! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[Klapton]

[meandering Wa]

http://www.ecolandscaping.org/07/product-reviews/product-review-weed-wrench/ the weed wrench sadly, I believe the man who invented them / made these particular wonders has thrown in the towel on selling within the USA. You can find the Weed Wrench (TM) in Canada Come join us to give it a try For blackberry we have used it but often it is a shovel +\- mattock production those root balls on blackberry are the stuff of evil they are useful for any woody stem plant. Have been used on Holly as well

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in removing protective plant tubes at a site southeast of Yelm along the Nisqually River. Wednesday, March 23rd from 9:00am to 12:00pm Help us pull and remove protective plant tubes from native trees and shrubs that have outgrown them! This is another step in the restoration of this old pasture site, and we could use your help! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to help us rescue new plantings from deer browsing at our Yelm Shoreline protected area! Wednesday, March 30th from 9:00am to 12:00pm This winter we planted western red cedar and western hemlock in the understory at our Trent property in Yelm, and they are being extensively browsed! We could use your help installing protective tubing around these sensitive trees. RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us at our Red Salmon Creek protected area for a morning of habitat restoration! Wednesday, April 6th from 9:00am to 12:00pm Our trees are growing up so fast! They're outgrowing their protective plant tubes and it's about time that we free them from their binds. We could use your help removing plant protectors from trees and shrubs that have outgrown their use! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in pulling invasive Scotch broom at the Petersen Farm conservation easement in Yelm. Saturday, April 16th from 9:00am to 12:00pm with a BBQ following the work party! You may be thinking, "Déjà vu, this can't be true!" No need to pinch yourself. We are, in fact, going back to the Petersen's farm to pull invasive Scotch broom, AND they are going to BBQ local grass-fed beef and veggie burgers for all the volunteers again! Last month's broom pull and BBQ was such a great success, and we hope you can join us this month! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

Join us in the Ohop Valley for another fun-filled morning of broom pulling! Wednesday, April 13th from 9:00am to 12:00pm This week we will be working in the Ohop Valley uplands removing pesky Scotch Broom. We will be hiking about a mile along a flat road to the work site, so be prepared for a bit of a treck. This is another step forward in the restoration of this site! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in the beautiful Ohop Valley for a morning of protective plant tube removal! Wednesday, April 20th from 9:00am to 12:00pm Healthy plants need your help! We will be removing protective plant tubes from native trees and shrubs that have outgrown their use. It's another important step in the restoration of the valley. We hope you can join us! RSVP email to volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

You're invited to join us in removing English Ivy from the Ohop Valley near Eatonville! Once again in the beautiful Ohop Valley property. Saturday, April 23rd from 9:00am to 12:00pm In honor of Earth Day, we will be freeing native vegetation from the grips of invasive English ivy. Get you pulling hands ready! We could use your help! RSVP by email volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[meandering Wa]

Come get your Zen on. Ivy pulling can be a fun challenge, Who can coil the longest rope It is during Ivy pulls that I usually find the most interesting bugs, salamanders and fungus. One year we found an active hummingbird nest You're invited to help us control English ivy in the uplands of the Ohop Valley! Wednesday, April 27th from 9:00am to 12:00pm Help improve your local ecosystem by removing English ivy from the uplands of the historic Ohop Valley. This is your last chance to pull ivy with the Land Trust this season, so get your kicks while you still can! RSVP volunteer@nisquallylandtrust.org

[Malachai Constant]

I just wanted to tell everyone that pulling Ivy is one of the most satisfying projects you can imagine. I cleared it out of about half an acre of our backyard this winter, it was hard work and many composting bins. Now the Oregon grape, salal, cascade blackberries, honeysuckle, sword fern, lady fern, maidenhair fern, red elderberry, piggyback, trillium, salmon berry, and bleeding heart have all returned. Ivy is an evil alien invader which should be destroyed whenever possible.

[Bedivere]

[meandering Wa]

that is very true, you have to have a long term plan the section of property we are working on is roadside. It probably got established when someone threw their yard waste down the hill or perhaps some seeds carried in from the plateau high above. Yesterday we also pulled 8 coils of barbed wire fencing out. Someone had thrown it down the slope as well. A Vine Maple had grown up inside 3 of the coils. Thankfully a young enough tree that we could bend it and liberate the tree from the wire . There is one dead tree which is being held up by ivy. It is probably going to fall this summer. We need to get that hauled out since it is the spot where the ivy is reproducing. Ivy runs but the reproductive spreading potential comes when the ivy climbs. The plant sends out seeds from above. this ground connects with a march and meadow complex so we want to prevent it running in. 9 of us filled a truck bed, probably 600 lbs of ivy lots more to do.