The Ferrisburgh Conservation Commission, Town Road Foreman and Town Tree Warden are hosting a state-provided training session on Tues. Oct. 15, 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Ferrisburgh Town Center, for volunteers willing to participate in our upcoming Roadside Ash Inventory. Refreshments will be available at the training.

After the training, we will create small teams and assign them to specific town roads. This fall on their own schedule, each team will inventory its assigned roads using your smartphones or a limited number of iPads loaned by the state. The goal is to identify all ash trees along town roads, so they can then be evaluated by the Town Road Crew for the degree of hazard they present to town roads when the Emerald Ash Borer arrives.

Please join us for this important tree inventory -- experience or proficiency in tree identification is not required, just a willingness to learn, and participate in one of the inventory teams.

Questions? email Craig Heindel, Chair of the Conservation Commission [home tele: 425-3620]; or contact Joe Nelson, leader of the town's ash tree inventory effort at JWNelson@gmail.com.

Mar 7, 2025, 4 to 7 PM

Mar 8, 2025, 9 AM to 2 PM

Mar 11, 2025, 3 to 4 PM