Start by educating yourself. View and printout information on Mile-A-Minute from this web site. Get to know how to identify this invasive plant by its triangular leaves and tiny barbs on weak stems clambering over trees and shrubs.

Check your own backyard. When you are gardening, walking, hiking, visiting — be aware and look for signs of invastive plants.

Rely on experts. If you suspect Mile-A-Minute Vine, REPORT ALL SIGHTINGS to knelson151@sbcglobal.net or donna.ellis@uconn.edu or The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group at 860-486-6448.

WE NEED YOUR HELP:
We need volunteers to contact property owners and help check properties around the periphery of the known MAM areas. Contact: Kathleen Nelson, knelson151@sbcglobal.net or 860-355-1547.

WE NEED MONEY: Donations Are Tax-Deductible:
Can you donate? Can you help find donors?
We need 68 weeks of paid workers
(2 workers all season, plus 4 more for 6 weeks in May and June):
$2,000 pays for a worker for 3 weeks
$1,000 pays for a worker for 1.5 weeks

We need 20,000 to 30,000 identification cards:
$650 pays for 10,000 cards

We need several days of brush mowing with specialized mowing equipment:
$125 pays for one hour of mowing.

To contribute, send a tax-deductible donation check payable to Mad Gardeners' Invasive Species Fund to Angela Dimmitt, Mad Gardeners Inc., PO Box 146, Sherman CT 06784