Name: Rabbitat Planting Party! Public Lands Day Sept 28
Start: 2024-09-28T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-28T15:00:00-04:00

**Please contact Sarah at [sarah_dudek@fws.gov](mailto:sarah_dudek@fws.gov) for registration and more information, including specific address and parking. The 2023 even was along Seapoint Road, Kittery**

Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Rabbitat Planting Party on Saturday, September 28th to celebrate National Public Lands Day. This year’s event will include planting native shrubs and young trees to create and restore shrubland habitat for the endangered New England Cottontail in Kittery, Maine. Activities will include digging holes, planting shrubs, managing habitat, and controlling invasive species. Fee-free National Park day passes will be available to all volunteers.

We are asking volunteers to sign up for a shift – **morning (9AM-11:30AM) or afternoon (12:30PM-3PM)** for our National Public Lands Day event. Volunteers are welcome to sign up for both shifts and are always welcome to stay for as little or as long as they wish during a shift. However, we do ask volunteers to arrive at the beginning of each shift so that we can navigate to the site as a group.
Activities for enhancing habitat for New England cottontails will include planting native shrubs, managing invasive species, pruning young trees to promote new growth, and building brush piles to help increase winter survival. Volunteers are able to participate in any activity they wish or switch activities during their shift.

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