Volunteer Event: Spotted Knapweed Pull
Calling all volunteers! Come lend a hand however your schedule allows and join the St. Louis River Alliance on Thursday, July 11th and/or Friday, July 12th from 2:00-6:00 PM.
During this volunteer maintenance day, we will be handling non-local invasive species such as spotted knapweed and possibly tansy in the piping plover nesting and other targeted areas on Wisconsin Point Bird Sanctuary. If the wind and weather cooperates, we will be managing the invasives by burning them on site.
Participants are encouraged to email Mikayla, at projectleader@stlouisriver.org if they are interested in helping at one, or both of these days so we have enough tools to go around. Gloves, buckets and contracting bags will be provided. Please bring your own equipment/materials if you have them. No prior experience needed; safety and plant identification will be provided. Bending, pulling, burning, and digging are part of the management plan and will require physical movement to complete.
Come as long or as little as you'd like, and check out the site! More hands, and more smiles make for easier work!
Bring: water, sun hat, sunglasses, gardening or leather gloves, 5-gallon bucket (if you have any) kneeling pad, snack, sunscreen, bug spray, long socks, and protective clothing from bugs and vegetation with thorns, poison ivy, etc.
Directions: The Piping Plover Habitat Site is located on Wisconsin Point; directions to exact location follow.
Hwy 2 East/Hwy 53 South through Superior, WI.
Turn left onto Moccasin Mike Road (toward City of Superior landfill).
Turn left onto Wisconsin Point Road (before you reach landfill). **NOTE: Last public restroom at first parking lot on right (Lot 1).
Drive almost all the way to the end of the road, pass through Pine Tree forest and pass Native American burial grounds on the right.
Just shortly past this there is a gravel road to the left with a brown closed gate. There will be an SLRA sign to designate the location.
Please walk down gravel approach toward the Bay side of Wisconsin Point, walk through one vehicle gate and then through a 12-foot-tall perimeter fence gate. Turn left and walk down the beach to check-in with SLRA staff. Thank you for your passion and interest!
More information, click HERE.
