Pre-Treatment Site Walk

MassWildlife will hold a Pre-Treatment Site Walk at the Birch Hill Dam Project on Elm Street in Baldwinville on October 6^th from 4 to 6 pm

This fall, MassWildlife is holding a series of Habitat Site Walks on Wildlife Management Areas across the Commonwealth to let the public hear from habitat specialists and to view habitat restoration in action on MassWildlife lands.

MassWildlife’s management activities are focused on declining habitat types that provide homes—food, cover, and space—for the state’s most common and most rare animals and plants. The goal is to create and maintain native grasslands, shrublands, vibrant young forests, woodlands, and dedicated forest reserves.

Habitat site walks will demonstrate a range of habitat types. Please dress for the weather and wear sturdy shoes for walking. Site walks will be held rain or shine, but will be cancelled or cut short if there is thunder and lightning.

The US Army Corps of Engineers Birch Hill Dam Project has a treatment planned to restore oak woodlands and barrens restoration. MassWildlife staff will discuss the need to remove a dying red pine plantation and to restore large areas of native oak woodland and barrens habitats.

To attend this walk, pre-register at https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Fh2GPrdIDkqYBowE2Bt7KqfSs0ucSRNAvLu5jw2qwWZUQzlRT0g2TjBCVko4UVQyV0VPOEU5RzM2TiQlQCN0PWcu