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It’s garlic mustard season again

This year, the Conservation Department will bring back some of Lincoln’s garlic mustard weed-pulling traditions, but they ask participants to still be mindful of pandemic health and safety guidelines during the ongoing pandemic. Neighborhood pull season is now through May 31.

• Get free paper leaf bags on Wednesday, April 14 from 9 a.m.–noon at the transfer station and ongoing at Conservation and LLCT offices, courtesy of the Lincoln Garden Club.
• Drop off filled bags Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m.–3 p.m. behind the DPW on Lewis Street near the cell tower. To schedule a pickup at your house through May 31, contact the Conservation Department at 781-259-2612×8129 or coatese@lincolntown.org. Click here to learn about at-home disposal options for garlic mustard weed.
• New this year: sign up to pull at one of the town’s conservation areas — you choose the date and time when you sign up for one of the locations. Please note that you are responsible for bringing filled bags to the DPW.
• Learn more about garlic mustard with this Conservation Commission fact sheet, and register your sightings and pullings in the Nature Groupie Garlic Mustard Challenge.

New bin for donating used books

The Friends of the Lincoln Library (FOLL) has installed a third donation bin at Lincoln Gas and Auto Service at 170 South Great Rd., joining the existing bins at the Lincoln Mall and Tracey’s Service Station. Revenue from online sales of used books by the Bay State Book Co. supports the Lincoln Public Library. While the town pays for the library building and grounds, staff, and books, donations to FOLL pay for the programs offered for children and adults, special equipment, museum passes, and other services and activities.  

Session on wind power in New England

Join MetroWest Climate Solutions for a discussion about the future of offshore wind for New England on Wednesday, April 28 at 7 p.m. Amber Hewett, the National Wildlife Federation’s campaign director for offshore wind energy and co-chair of the Mass. Offshore Wind Committee, will talk about:

• Legislative developments for offshore wind in Massachusetts and surrounding states
• New hope for Vineyard Wind in Nantucket Sound
• Offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine
• Why New Englanders should support offshore wind as one of the main ways to decarbonize our region and economy.

The Zoom-based presentation will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Rev. Jeff Barz-Snell of First Parish Church in Weston. Register here.

MetroWest Climate Solutions is a growing partnership between First Parish in Wayland, First Parish Church in Weston, First Parish in Lincoln, the Congregational Church of Weston, and other communities and individuals. Their mission is to share strategies for moving towards a low- and no-carbon-based society and economy and to suggest activities that enable individuals to help bring about solutions.