Garlic Mustard Pull - World's End

Opportunity Overview:
Interested in ecology? Want to promote biodiversity on our properties and across Massachusetts? Combine your love of nature with service by helping The Trustees to curb the harmful spread of invasive species. This volunteer position requires removing invasive species, bagging them up, and placing them at the property entrance for pickup. Work is mostly independent with occasional opportunities to work with staff and other volunteers. This position is vital to helping The Trustees’ achieve their ecological stewardship goals. 

Reports to: Stewardship Manager

Benefits:

• Outdoor, fresh air experience in natural settings
• Helping to create a welcoming, supportive and inclusive community
• Connecting and networking with like-minded staff, visitors and volunteers

Responsibilities (may include but are not limited to the following):

• Assist with invasive species control at World’s End
• Understand the ecology/biology of invasive species and be able to identify them in the field
• Coordinate with staff around targeted populations and species.
• Walk the property and remove invasive species such as pale swallowwort, Asiatic bittersweet, bush honeysuckle, and garlic mustard
• Remove invasive species, primarily by hand pulling (combined with use of a hand-pick or dandelion weeder)
• Place these weeded plants in a garbage bag and bring to the entrance for pickup
• Report new populations or species observed
• Adhere to The Trustees safety and COVID-19 protocols
• Log volunteer hours in a timely fashion

Qualifications:

• Interest in and an understanding of the need to control invasive plants
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently
• Dress in appropriate field clothes and footwear for varying weather conditions: hot and dry, cold or wet, etc.
• Observance of Trustees safety protocol
• Plant identification skills
• Age minimum: This role is open to ages 8+ but requires 1:1 supervision for children interested in participating. 

Time Commitment:

• Wednesdays and Saturdays 9am-12pm from April 20th - May 29th

 
For more information

Contact the Volunteer Services Team at volunteer@thetrustees.org

To explore other volunteer opportunities, visit our volunteer page at http://volunteer.thetrustees.org/
 
More about The Trustees
Founded by landscape architect Charles Eliot in 1891, The Trustees has, for more than 125 years, been a catalyst for important ideas, endeavors, and progress in Massachusetts. As a steward of distinctive and dynamic places of both historic and cultural value, The Trustees is the nation’s first preservation and conservation organization, and its landscapes and landmarks continue to inspire discussion, innovation, and action today as they did in the past. We are a nonprofit, supported by members, friends and donors and our 116 sites are destinations for residents, members, and visitors alike, welcoming millions of guests annually. www.thetrustees.org.
 
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We are committed to providing a welcoming environment for all. Together, alongside our partners and volunteers we are creating inclusive spaces of community for people of all backgrounds to enjoy and preserving these open spaces for everyone, forever. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, ability, and experience.
 
The Trustees is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, military service, application for military service, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. The Trustees makes reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
 
Covid-19 Volunteer Safety:
The health and safety of Trustees’ volunteers, staff and visitors is our top priority.

• If you are not feeling well, please stay home
• If you have been in contact with someone with Covid-19 or someone displaying symptoms of Covid-19, please stay home
• For our most current Covid-19 updates, please visit our main Trustees site