Garlic Mustard Educational Video is Ready to View and Ship!

Hello Friends....

The educational video on the identification and control of garlic mustard, Stemming the Tide, which we have been working on for more than a year, is now ready for distribution. This video includes the phragmites video you may have seen circulating in the community.

We have a supply of DVDs ready to ship. Currently being sold at cost, the price is very reasonable. Please click on the following link to go to the Garlic Mustard Educational Video Project blog, to view the video and place orders for the DVD if you would like.

Those of us who have been pulling GM on the Island for a number of years, hope that this video educates the community as to the severity of this problem and its threat to our forests and forested wetland areas. We would like you to survey your property in May and June ... as the very first plant in a new location is the most important plant you may/or may not have. Pulling early infestations saves a huge amount of work in the future. Neighbors need to work with neighbors as invasive plants know no property lines.

Absentee landowners! You, your neighbors and the community will benefit if you visit your property during the GM season for a survey. There are volunteers to assist you should you find GM.

This video and others like it belong in elementary through high school libraries/classrooms, public libraries, and anywhere there is an opportunity to train individuals who do not have a natural resources background. This includes town crews, park employees, etc. All of us need to be increasingly connected to the land that sustains our lives, maintains our property values and protects our forest product resources.

Please contact Cindy Gaskill or Chris Jeutter for help in identification and volunteer labor.