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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>What you can do to help take care of Acton’s conservation lands?<br />
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When walking trails, you can “become the land steward”. This means:<br />
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* Pick up any trash you see (always carry some sort of trash bag)<br />
* Sweep the trail by removing any twigs, branches, and loose rocks you find.<br />
* Report any downed trees across the trail to lscsawyers@googlegroups.com<br />
* Trim back any encroaching flora<br />
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Usually, when trimming back flora encroaching on a trail, you will find that that it is an [[Invasive Plants Around Acton|Invasive Plant species]]. Ideally these shouldn’t just be trimmed back, they should be removed!<br />
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As long as you are positive on your identification of an invasive species on conservation land, go ahead and remove it. If unsure, let it live.<br />
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Most, if not all, of our conservation lands have [[Work Areas|areas which need serious work on invasives removal]]. Pick your favorite conservation land, and ask the land stewards. and we can point you to an area where you can do serious good. <br />
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The meadows in conservation lands are special places. Examples are found at Stoneymeade, Grassy Pond, Nagog Hill, Heathen Meadow, Pratt’s Brook, Morrison Farm and Wetherbee,<br />
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They are (mostly) mowed yearly by the town, but need lots of additional work to stay “meadows”. This includes:<br />
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* Removing branches that fall into them (placing them into the adjacent woods)<br />
* Removing invasive species growing in them.<br />
* Removing invasive species growing in their perimeter.<br />
* Report any downed trees into the meadows to lsc-sawyers@actontrail.org<br />
* Pruning the trees in the meadow (this requires some training)<br />
* Removing saplings growing in the meadows. Oak saplings tend to survive mowings, and require serious tap root extraction. Wetherbee and Pratt’s Brook have a lot of these.<br />
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If you do any work or monitoring of a conservation land, we strongly suggest contacting the appropriate land steward and keeping them informed.</div>Watlington