2007 year-end summary report
Prepared by Kathleen Nelson, 3/6/08
Mad, Gardeners, Inc., a non- profit organization, organized and administered an Early Detection/Rapid Response program for Mile-a-Minute Vine in Litchfield and Upper Fairfield Counties, CT, in 2007.
In 2007 the program:
Mad, Gardeners, Inc., a non- profit organization, organized and administered an Early Detection/Rapid Response program for Mile-a-Minute Vine in Litchfield and Upper Fairfield Counties, CT, in 2007.
In 2007 the program:
- Arranged with the Housatonic Valley Association and the Northwest Conservation District to be the official employers of interns and an intern supervisor. Paid interns worked the equivalent of about 32 weeks during the season.
- Raised over $34,000, including $10,000 from the Connecticut Community Foundation, $5,000 from Mad Gardeners, Inc., $2,500 from the Meserve Memorial Fund, and $2,000 from the Ellen Knowles Harcourt Foundation.
- Began pulling plants in known infestations in New Milford, Bridgewater & Roxbury on May...