Invasive Plant Training – Bluff Point State Park

Invasive Plant Training – Bluff Point State Park

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Time:
Session 1 (9:30 – noon) – FULL
Session 2 (1:30 – 4:00) – FULL

Rain Date:  Thursday, September 19, 2024 (same time)

Location: Bluff Point State Park
Meet at trailheads/picnic area adjacent to Bluff Point’s main, dirt parking lot
(for GPS purposes, use address: 55 Depot Rd, Groton, CT 06340 and continue on dirt road to parking lot)

Target Audience: practitioners working to identify, map, and manage invasive terrestrial plants

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Description: Using a placed-based approach to training, participants will meet at Bluff Point State Park to learn about terrestrial invasives plants (see detailed agenda below). Participants will: 1) identify invasive plants, 2) use EpiCollect App & forms to collect and manage data, and 3) discuss management & removal techniques for a couple select invasive plants at Bluff Point.

Participants will use a free smartphone GPS application for iPhones and Android devices called Epicollect5 to collect field data during the workshop. Please download Epicollect5 prior to arrival from the Apple App Store or on Google Play (Android). More information about the app can be found on the Epicollect website. Paper forms organized in Epicollect format will be provided as an option during the training event.

NOTE: UConn CLEAR and the CT NERR training team presented a related June 26, 2024 webinar, “Mapping Invasive Plants in a Coastal Forest”.  If you were unable to attend (or want to watch it again!) a recording and slides are available HERE.

Meet the Trainers: 

 

TRAINING AGENDA

Session 1 Session 2
9:15-9:30 1:15-1:30 Check-in
9:30-9:45 1:30-1:45 Welcome, Introductions, and Overview of CT NERR Invasive Work Katie Lund &
Jason Krumholz, CT NERR
9:45 – 10:00 1:45-2:00 Epicollect App Overview

  • Examples for Use of the Tool
  • Explaining the Form (both phone App and paper versions)
 Cary Chadwick, UConn CLEAR
10:00 – 10:30 2:00-2:30 Initial Invasives Identification and Discussion Juliana Barrett, CT Sea Grant
Shelby Larubina, CT NERR 
10:30 – noon 2:30-4:00 Trail Walk for More Invasives ID plus…

  • Entering Information into Epicollect Form
  • Discussion of Select Plant Management and Removal Strategies
 ALL

Questions? Please contact Katie Lund, CT NERR Coastal Training Program Coordinator at katie.lund@uconn.edu