Neighborhood: East Rock
Type of Site: Park Friends 
Address: 181 Mitchell Dr, New Haven, CT, 06511
Intern(s):
Tashi Tashi (2024)
07/09/2024
Greenspace Manager and I educated the IRIS youth about importance of trees, climate change and the purpose of removing invasives, De-Vining. 30 IRIS youths did stewarship activity - removed knotweed and piled for providing habitat for wildlife at Wilbur Cross High School from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. We also planted a Shumard Oak. The youth were active and energetic to work under a scorching sun. We will plant two canopy trees and continue removing invasives, pick trash, water the plants on16th July.
07/02/2024
IRIS youth participated in an afternoon of kayaking and hiking in East Rock Park with URI's Anna Pickett and Leet Miller and Kingfisher Kayaks. 14 students hiked, while 14 students kayaked for an hour each, and then they switched activities. 6 chaperones supported the activities. The high school students were getting to know the local landscape from the summit of East Rock and from the Mill River. Next week, we'll plant a tree in East Rock Park behind Wilbur Cross High School.
