Learn more about forest management and habitat restoration currently underway at Memorial Forest and the Desert Natural Area in Sudbury. Sudbury Valley Trustees’ Director of Stewardship Laura Mattei will lead a site walk on Saturday, October 15, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. This walk will review specific tree thinning activities that will occur later this fall.
At the Memorial Forest, Sudbury Valley Trustees is restoring pitch pine-scrub oak barrens. This dwindling habitat supports many species of wildlife that have been experiencing population declines, including the whip-poor-will, prairie warbler, brown thrasher, wild lupine and several butterflies and other insects. The restoration requires cutting trees and thinning areas in preparation for a prescribed burn. Cutting will take place later this year. The walk is an opportunity to learn how the project will be implemented.
For more information about this project, please visit www.svtweb.org/desertnaturalarea.
For more information, including directions and parking information, register for this free educational walk at www.svtweb.org/calendar or by calling 978-443-5588 x123.
Sudbury Valley Trustees is a regional land trust, protecting and caring for land and wildlife habitat in 36 communities surrounding the Concord, Assabet, and Sudbury Rivers. www.svtweb.org
