Water Chestnut Mapping of the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers

Learn about two years of mapping the invasive water chestnut plant in the Assabet River, and one year of mapping it throughout the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord Rivers. Discover the impacts of water chestnut, where it comes from, and the prospects for managing it. Several ways that residents can get involved in keeping this serious threat under control will be presented.

Suzanne Flint, OARS Staff Scientist, has been in charge of mapping the extent of water chestnut on the Assabet River since 2012 and on the Sudbury, Assabet and Concord rivers in 2013.  

Alison Field-Juma, OARS Executive Director, has been working with municipalities, non-profits and volunteers to develop ways to control water chestnut in the SuAsCo watershed.  
OARS is the watershed organization for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord rivers, dedicated to restoring and protecting the three rivers through science-based advocacy, education, and recreation. Founded in 1986, OARS is a non-profit that works through volunteer citizen scientists and a professional staff to understand the causes of river degradation and find solutions that build sustainability and resilience into our water resources.

This is the Friends of the Assabet River NWR's Annual Meeting.  A brief business meeting will proceed the presentation.

Friends of the Assabet River NWR holds its monthly speaker series at the US Fish and Wildlife Services' Eastern Mass. Visitor Center, 680 Hudson Road, Sudbury MA 01776. Talks are free and open to the public. For more information about our programs, membership and the Refuge please visit www.farnwr.org.

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge is 2333 acres and located in the towns of Stow, Maynard, Sudbury and Hudson. The Refuge has 15 miles of hiking trails and 7.5 miles of biking trails. The Visitor Center for the Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex has interactive, hands-on educational exhibits, a multi-purpose meeting room, and a Friends Nature Store.