Weed Warrior Workday at Sligo Creek Park (SVU 1)

Registration for this event is closed! Please check this webpage for other Weed Warrior opportunities.

Save the trees and the stream valley ecosystem! Join Jesse Buff, Weed Warrior Supervisor, and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) for a Saturday morning non-native, invasive vine removal workday in Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park. You’ll be volunteering in Sligo Stream Valley Unit 1, just south of Piney Branch Road in Takoma Park. You’ll receive the exact meeting location via email, after you register.

We will be working toward our goal of saving the trees by cutting English ivy (Hedera helix) and porcelainberry (Ampelopsis glandulosa var. brevipedunculata), with some Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) and Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) thrown in for good measure! Native Virginia creeper, greenbrier, grape, and poison ivy are also present and beneficial, so we will avoid those!

Please wear long pants that cover your ankles, long sleeves, and sturdy, closed-toed shoes. Bring gloves, pruners, small folding hand saws and/or loppers if you have them. Gloves and tools are available to borrow if you don’t have your own. No power tools or machetes allowed. Please bring water to drink. Please note: Court Ordered Volunteer Hours can’t be granted through this workday.

This event is capped at 15 people and is for people 18 years or older.

All volunteers must register online on the following TWO websites and complete a COVID-19 Volunteer Waiver.

If you do not sign/ agree to the waiver, you cannot volunteer during a Weed Warrior Workday. You will complete your waiver when you create a profile in the Montgomery Parks Volunteer Database, during the online registration. Please email Corinne (WW Volunteer Coordinator) if you need a copy of the current Weed Warrior Workday COVID protocols. More details, including the exact meeting location, will be emailed to you after you register.

1. Through Montgomery Parks to complete a COVID-19 Volunteer Waiver. Click here to register for the event. Click “Schedule” and then sign up for this shift. If you already have an account in the database, email Corinne Stephens at Corinne.Stephens@montgomeryparks.org, and don’t create a new account!
2. Through CCAN at https://www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfund/event/381094/

For questions, email Jesse.

To learn more about the Weed Warrior program, go to www.WeedWarrior.org

This event will be held at Sligo Creek Stream Valley Park