Join the Invasive Plant Patrol Early Detection Monitoring Program!

Pastinaca sativa, or wild parsnip.  Photo credit: MN Department of Agriculture.

How can you prevent buckthorn-like takeovers of new invasive plants in Ramsey County?

Grecian foxglove.  Photo by
minnesotawildflowers.info.

• Volunteer to help with this effort

• FREE training provided

• Hike on and off trails

• Use GPS units; mark locations of invaders 

•  Report plants for removal!

Your findings will be included in a national invasive species database!


FREE introductory program: 
Thursday, March 20, 7:00 - 8:30 pm 
at Maplewood Nature Center
Register online: https://apm.activecommunities.com/maplewoodmn/Home or by calling
(651) 249-2170. 

 An additional training session for volunteers will be held at Maplewood Nature Center; Friday, April 11, 6:30 – 9 pm.

Japanese knotweed (shown above) is just one of many
plant species of emerging concern.

Sponsored by the Ramsey County Cooperative Weed Management Area and the Maplewood Nature Center.