Sessions with invasive species strike force

The Invasive Species Strike Force of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference will offer training in July for volunteers on how to identify invasive plants.

Beginners can learn to recognize 14 species during a session on Saturday, July 7, at the conference offices in Mahwah, New Jersey, while an intermediate class is scheduled for Saturday, July 14, at Teatown Lake Reservation in Ossining and on Sunday, July 22, in Mahwah.

A session will be held Saturday, July 21, at the Cornell Cooperative Extension office in Millbrook focused on species not yet common here. See nynjtc.org/volunteer-now.

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