On May 5, LCA will hold an event at Cota Field (Starksboro), in collaboration with the Starksboro Conservation Commission, to educate the community about how to identify Japanese knotweed, how to use iNaturalist to map its location in the Lewis Creek watershed, and to give a summary of our upcoming manual removal demonstration project (in Ferrisburgh). Mike Bald (our consultant from Got Weeds?) will be there, as well as herbalist Sophie Cassel, who will speak about how she uses knotweed to make medicine. Light refreshments will be provided. If you're interested in learning more about how to use iNaturalist for this or other projects, please try to download the app to your mobile device before you come to the event, and set up an account online (at inaturalist.org or through the app) beforehand. Please fill out this form to be added to our knotweed mailing list (https://forms.gle/NyGbPDcLFqQ4yFn99), or feel free to just show up on May 5. Read more about the project here, and watch our interview with WCAX here.

Japanese knotweed grows over the bank of Lewis Creek in Starksboro, VT