Open Space Preservation Commission

Experts say invasive plants pose risk to Hopkinton’s native species

by Rhian Lowndes | Dec 13, 2021

Two years ago, Ed Harrow came across a patch of Hopkinton that was so overgrown with invasive plants, he could hardly walk through the undergrowth. Now, the chair of the Hopkinton Open Space Preservation Commission is on the third round of grant-funded clearing....

Open Space Commission works on Whitehall

by Hopkinton Independent | Nov 2, 2021

The Open Space Preservation Commission announced that efforts continued late last month to remove invasive plants — notably bittersweet, Japanese knotweed, multiflora rose, barberry and glossy buckthorn — from the meadow area of the Whitehall Conservation Area....