The Preserve, Old Saybrook, December 2023![December 2: at The Preserve, Old Saybrook. Kathy Connelly, far right, led a group of eight to cut Japanese barberry. We learned to identify burning bush, Japanese knotweed, wineberry and privet without foliage present.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2023/12/Old-Saybrook-The-Preserve-Connolly-2023-Dec-2.jpg)
Kathy Connelly, far right, led a group of eight to cut Japanese barberry. The group learned to identify burning bush, Japanese knotweed, wineberry, and privet without foliage present.
Robbins Swamp, DEEP Wildlife Management Area, Falls Village, CT, August 2023
Peter Picone led a group of 15 people through a repurposed corn field. Spot herbicide treatments and mowing have taken out the mugwort and Canadian thistle. Seeding native grasses and planting native perennials will make this a meadow that appeals to monarchs, leopard frogs, and the New England cottontail.
![Group in area treated w-herbicide against mugwort at Robbins Swamp, DEEP Wildlife Management Area, Falls Village, CT with Pete Picone.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2023/12/Group-in-area-treated-w-herbicide-against-mugwort-Robbins-Picone.jpg)
![Peter Picone describes efforts to control invasives in Robbins Swamp.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2023/12/Peter-Picone-Robbins.jpg)
Earth Day 2023
“On Earth Day, Hebron group looks at ways to help preserve native flora, pollinators”
CT Flower & Garden Show 2023
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Invasive Plant Walk and Talk- Storrs CT, August 2022
![Mr. Ken Feathers explains the bucket of tools he uses while doing invasive plant management on his property.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2022/08/5DBC9B03-D959-441C-BC0E-3F93ECA71B45-225x300.jpeg)
![Twelve participants from conservation commissions, land trusts, pollinator pathway groups and homeowners assembled in the stone circle to listen to Mr. Feathers.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2022/08/B17E5E30-0F17-4457-A091-D11BA44255E5-300x225.jpeg)
![We explored open fields as well as stream beds and forested areas.](https://cipwg.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/244/2022/08/214FC864-4B98-4E3C-BE40-1C9E673749D5-225x300.jpeg)
Hamden Earth Day Celebration, May 2022
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Bittersweet Management Events Around Connecticut, March 2022
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CT Flower and Garden Show in Hartford, February 2022
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CIPWG table at Plant Science Day CAES Lockwood Farm in Hamden, Summer 2021