by Adrian Colborn | Feb 6, 2025 | News
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of Maine a grant to study the connection between invasive plants and ticks, according to the News Center Maine article UMaine awarded $1.8M to research tick mitigation through invasive plant removal. ...
by Becky Gallery | Jan 18, 2025 | Information, News
2024 Year in Review HIPP activities this past year included in-person field workdays, surveys of two Harpswell Heritage Land Trust preserves: Anna Tondreau on Great Island and Helen & Walter Norton on Birch Island, and the re-printing of our updated Invasive...
by Adrian Colborn | Oct 24, 2024 | Information, News, Volunteer Opportunity
Invasive Plant Cleanup Marathon at Multiple HHLT Preserves From September 4 through October 14, 2024, teams of dedicated HIPP volunteers conducted a Fall marathon of invasive plant cleanup workdays at multiple Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT) preserves. Fall is a...
by Adrian Colborn | Sep 9, 2024 | Information, News
Bowdoin Students Join HIPP Volunteers to Make Lighter Work of Invasive Plant Removal On Wednesday August 28 a team of eight Bowdoin students and six HIPP volunteers came together at the Giant’s Stairs & McIntosh Lot Preserve on Bailey Island to remove invasive...
by Adrian Colborn | Aug 5, 2024 | Information, News
This season a member of the Harpswell community generously donated $1,000 to HIPP. This benefactor, who has given to HIPP previously, demonstrates commitment to the HIPP’s mission of combating invasive plant species on Harpswell Heritage Land Trust (HHLT)...
by Linda Wilkins | May 3, 2024 | News, Volunteer Opportunity
The Harpswell Invasive Plant Partnership (HIPP) has made significant progress in reducing invasive plants at Johnson Field Preserve on Bailey Island. Thanks to the annual efforts of HIPP’s many volunteers, large swaths of non-native wisteria have been removed from the...
