Honeysuckle Palooza 🌿✋Spotted Turtle Trail - AM & PM Shifts - New Site!

New Location For 2026! We are removing honeysuckle and callery pear from the Spotted Turtle Trail at the James Amon Biodiversity Reserve in Fairborn.

This Event Has Two Shifts:
✋Morning: 8:30 am to Noon
✋Afternoon: 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm
✋Come when you can. Leave when you need to!

Spend a few hours giving back to our nature preserves at the Honeysuckle-Palooza and help remove invasive vegetation from the Spotted Turtle Trail! 🍃 The Lorax thanks you. 🧡

Removing these invasive species helps native wetland plant species grow and thrive. A chipper will be on-site to grind up the nasty honeysuckle into small pieces.

We need helpers of all kinds! No experience or upper body strength is needed. You will be taught to identify honeysuckle and other invasive species. Come for as long as your schedule allows.

There is something to do for everyone. We need your help to:

Move the cut-down honeysuckle to the chipper location.

Apply treatment to the stumps to prevent the honeysuckle from regrowing (light duty work).

Use a chainsaw to cut down the largest honeysuckle plants.

More Info: https://beavercreekwetlands.org/event/honeysuckle-palooza-1/

Where To Meet Use Google Maps and meet here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sgjEs5XhScDiv2Yh9

Where To Park: On-street parking in the neighborhood or drive through the gate and park on the grass.

PROVIDED:

We will provide safety glasses, and drinking water in jugs to all volunteers.

WHAT TO BRING:

Everyone: Wear long pants. Bring a water bottle. Dress for the weather. Wear sturdy footwear, and bring work gloves. Orange or brightly colored clothing is preferred. Bring your own safety glasses, better hearing protection, and a hard hat, if you have them.

Hand Tool Workers: Bring loppers and/or hand saws.

Chainsaw Workers: Bring your own chainsaw, gas, oil, or battery, and personal protective equipment (chaps, hard hat, hearing protection, and eye protection are highly recommended).

WHAT TO DO BEFORE ARRIVING

Please complete the online waiver for BCWA. All volunteers must sign one, and it's valid for all year. https://secure.lglforms.com/formengine/s/qjPior4Pl8vvMKXOenPNQw

Before, upon arrival, or after, please submit your volunteer hours. Use this link: https://beavercreekwetlands.org/volunteer/submit-volunteer-hours/

Be sure to select "Yes! I am a Dayton Hiker" On the BCWA volunteer hours form. This ensures your hours count as sponsorship dollars for the Spotted Turtle Trail!

Any questions? Contact Andy Niekamp at [email protected] or 937-475-5417

Dayton Hikers FAQs: https://daytonhikers.com/faq/

The Legal Stuff: The event hosts are just fellow member volunteers, not your hiking guides or guru. By participating in this event, you assume all risks of liability and injury inherent in hiking activities. You are responsible for your own safety and for determining if you are in a condition fit to participate. If you have any doubts, you should consult your doctor. You are also responsible for knowing and abiding by all laws and hiking rules during your participation on this hike. By participating in this event you agree to the Dayton Hikers legal waiver here: https://daytonhikers.com/waiver/