Volunteer: Invasive Plant Removal at the Mottola Life Estate Preserve

The Mottola Life Estate Preserve on Lopez Island is a partially landscaped parcel with specimen plants and a spacious sloping lawn down to a pond. For this volunteer outing, we will focus on removing invasive plants and re-establishing an access path to the southern gate by cutting back a tangle of blackberry and roses. 

The grounds are relatively flat, but will likely be very muddy and puddled in areas where we are working, so we highly recommend rubber boots. SJPT will supply necessary tools and snacks, but feel free to bring your own hand clippers or other tools. Please bring your own lunch.

Lopez Island Land Steward Troy Buckley will lead.

Please arrange your own transportation to Lopez Island. If you plan to walk onto the ferry, please let us know beforehand, and we can carpool out to the property together. For drivers and Lopez residents, we will be meeting at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts (204 Village Rd.) and then carpooling to the Mottola Preserve.

• Date: Monday, March 10, 2025
• Time: 10:30am - 3:00pm
• Location: Mottola Preserve on Lopez Island (meet at Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, 204 Village Rd)
• Bring: Weather-appropriate clothing and footwear (we highly recommend rubber boots), work gloves, hand clippers or loppers (if you have them), water, lunch (snacks will be provided by SJPT)
• Questions? Email Liz Doane

Please note:

1. This event is limited to the first 15 people who sign up. (You can join the waiting list when you sign up if capacity has been reached. If there are cancellations, we will contact the next in line as soon as possible.)
2. All participants are required to sign an SJPT liability waiver. Please ensure that everyone you register, including yourself, has filled out our online waiver in English or en Español (required as part of the registration process).