(Via Anna Stalter, by request to spread the word.)

You Can Give Montezuma Wildlife a Better Place to Live!

Join MARSH (Montezuma Alliance for the Restoration of Species & Habitats)

MARSH is part of a larger effort to restore, protect, and enhance wildlife habitat on nearly 50,000 acres in the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. We are forming a VOLUNTEER GROUP to support the habitat restoration efforts of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Montezuma Audubon Center, and other partners at Montezuma. This group will work on controlling invasive species in grassland, shrubland, forest, marsh and river.  The work is hands-on as we cut and pull invasive species & replant with natives that will be more beneficial to wildlife & less harmful to Montezuma habitats overall!

Work Day: Saturday, June 27 9AM –1:00PM
***Meet at the Refuge Visitor Center***
Work to be Done: Pulling European frogbit, an invasive water plant.
PLEASE BRING WORK GLOVES, WATER, insect repellant, waterproof shoes (knee boots or waders could help), and a canoe if you have one.
LUNCH PROVIDED by the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex.
Please call 315/568-5987 by June 24 to sign up (and let us know if you’ll be bringing a canoe or need to borrow one)!

Linda Chorba Ziemba
Wildlife Biologist
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
3395 Routes 5/20 East
Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Phone:  315-568-5987 ext. 225
Fax:  315-568-8835

                                            Rosemarie Parker  <Gardener.Parker@...>