Saturday, March 21, 2026: 10:30am – 12noon
Sunday, March 22, 2026: 10:30am – 12noonHello Hilltoppers: the snow has melted, so our wildlife habitat restoration work continues!
We will be clearing brush at the Prisoners Pond forest regeneration site both days this-coming weekend — Saturday and Sunday, from 10:30am to 12noon, March 21 and 22. All are welcome, teens and up. Those of you who’ve participated in the past know that this is simple work, but be prepared to get dirty. I’ll have tools and some extra gloves, but if you have them, bring loppers and / or pruning saws, work / gardening gloves, and of course sturdy shoes and drinking water.
On our agenda for both sessions:
Cut invasive bush honeysuckle
Stack fallen branches and cut logs into brush piles
Pick up trash from nearby Linn Drive apartment complex
Remediate eroded gully by filling with rocks
The work site is very near the equipment sheds on the eastern side of Verona’s Freedom Field — if driving, turn north onto White Rock Road, and park in one of the two ballfield parking lots. Then walk down the Freedom Field service driveway to the sheds. If you’re already familiar with Verona streets, it might even be easier / less of a walk to park along Linn Drive near Veterans Field and just enter the Hilltop via the footbridge and trail near the 3rd baseline, then walk uphill from there to the site.
Please text me in advance so I know to expect you. Hope to see you there! TMT 973 289-0619