Squam Watershed Invasive Species Collaborative

Five organizations form the Squam Watershed Invasive Species Collaborative (SWISC), an effort to combat terrestrial invasive species in the Squam Watershed through both education and removal efforts. By combing expertise, volunteer recruitment, and work days, the members of the collaborative will better manage Squam Watershed properties for invasive species.

Squam Lakes Association

Rockywold-Deephaven Camps

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

Lakes Region Conservation Trust

Squam Lakes Conservation Society

For more information, visit
http://www.squamlakes.org/swisc
http://www.squamlakes.com/invasive-species-collaborative/

May Invasive Species Work Days

Join the Squam Watershed Invasive Species Collaborative (SWISC) for two mornings of invasive species man-agement. Spring is the best time to tackle invasive species projects, so please join us as we work to restore these areas in the Squam Watershed.

West Rattlesnake Trailhead - Route 113, Holderness
Saturday, May 10 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
This popular trailhead managed by the Squam Lakes Association has a small infestation of oriental bittersweet.

Mill Brook Property - Route 3, Holderness
Friday, May 16 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
This property is between White Oak Pond and Piper Cove on Squam Lake. It is owned by the Squam Lakes Conservation Society. Oriental bittersweet, Japanese barberry, invasive honeysuckle, and multiflora rose are all found here.

For more information, or to register, 

contact the Squam Lakes Association at info@squamlakes.org or  603-968-7336.

Join Holderness Recreation for this interesting presentation on invasive plants in New Hampshire.

Invasive Upland Plant Species of New Hampshire 

Tuesday, May 6 - 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Hosted by Holderness Recreation at the Holderness Fire Station

This presentation provides an in-depth look at upland invasive plant species of New Hampshire. Attendees will learn about the various issues, New Hampshire rules and regulations, characteristics, identifying features, and control measures of some of the most aggressive non-native plants here in the Granite State.

Speaker Douglas Cygan has been the Invasive Species Coordinator for the New Hampshire Department of Agriculture for the past 11 years as well as being a nursery inspector and an Authorized Certification Official for the U.S.Department of Agriculture. Prior to this he was a Wetlands Permitting Officer for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services for two years, and before that he was a Senior Environmental Manager for the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Environment for seven years. In 1992, he graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, with a B.S and an A.S in Plant Science with a minor in Conservation Biology and Wetland Science.

Please RSVP to 603-968-3700 or recreation@holderness-nh.gov