Harrop Wetland Tag

14 Jan

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18 Nov

Posted at 09:54h in

We have decided to host one additional field day in Harrop! To prepare for the 2026 season we will be getting a head start on our treatment areas. This includes laying benthic barrier, sawdust, and cardboard. Help us continue the management of Reed Canary Grass -...

01 Sep

Posted at 20:47h in

We’re arranging a Community Planting Day for the fall—and we’re putting out a call to local gardeners and plant stewards! If you’ve been propagating or transplanting native plants at home, we’d love to invite you to bring them to the wetland in the fall as part of our planting effort. This...

01 Sep

Posted at 19:33h in

Join us to continue our management at Harrop Wetlands! ✨ We’ll be installing protective fencing around emerging shrubs and this season's invasive species treatment areas. This is a great way to get hands-on with restoration work, learn about wetland ecology, and help protect this vital habitat!...

25 Jul

Posted at 12:36h in

FoKLSS is excited to invite you to our next Harrop Wetland Workday happening this Saturday, July 26! We’ll be out at the wetlands from 9:00–11:00 AM, continuing our seasonal management efforts—and we’d love for you to join us.This weekend’s work will include: Installing protective fencing around emerging native shrubs Removing bull...

07 Jun

Posted at 13:26h in

 Join us to continue our management at Harrop Wetlands! We’ll be removing invasive bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare) around the areas of our recent Reed Canary Grass controls. This is a great chance to get hands-on with restoration work, learn about wetland ecology, and help protect this...

01 Nov

Posted at 12:02h in News, Wetlands

Last Friday, Ecological Projects Manager Oleksandra hosted a tour of Harrop Wetland! She spoke about the latest seed spreading event with grade eleven students, showed everyone where the latest holes had been dug in the September construction project, and also touched on how important monitoring...

05 Oct

Posted at 10:20h in

Baby Boomers are retiring at record rates, with 3.2 million more of them retiring in the third quarter of 2020 than in the same quarter during 2019 according to a 2020 Pew Research Center study. Not only does this create a monumental hiring challenge for businesses, government...

04 Aug

Posted at 14:32h in News

On Sunday, August 1st, the FoKLSS team along with some Harrop community members joined Tom Biebighauser, Wetland Designer from Kentucky and Norm Allard, Wetland Restoration Project Manager from the Yaqan Nukiy Band in Creston, to assess the status of the Harrop Wetland. The purpose of this...

25 Jun

Posted at 14:01h in News

On June 22nd, we co-hosted a meeting for Harrop-area residents with Tom Biebighauser, Wildlife Biologist and Wetland Ecologist. Tom provided a great presentation on the importance of wetlands, and we followed by discussing the Harrop wetland specifically, our projects in the area , the future of...