Get your hands dirty during “Big Worming Week”

Sep 28 2011 Brian Bienkowski 2 Comments

Now that we’ve let you in on the big invasive worm secret, we’re letting you know how to help.

Great Lakes Worm Watch is hosting the fourth annual Big Worming Week, which started Sunday and will run through Oct. 2nd.

Things started in the Hartley Nature Center where the Worm Watch team taught the public how to sample plots and collect valuable data on worms.

Photo: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The team offers workshops all year to prepare folks to help out during Big Worming Week. While they encourage and will accept samples year-round, Big Worming Week minimizes the data’s seasonal variability and makes comparing the results easier.

In addition to workshops telling you how to be a scientist, there’s a game show about worms, tools to identify worms, books about worms and other wormy things.

If you’re interested in stopping a forest-eating invader, wiggle on over to the Great Lakes Worm Watch Team website to see how you can help.

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Nelda said:

I followed the link and I see no indication of how I can help! Where can we learn about getting rid of the worms, I know we have them, we have done the mustard water test, but how do we dee-worm the whole forest?
Nelda B. I.

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# 28 September 2011 at 8:39 pm

Brian Bienkowski (author) said:

Nelda, the link will take you to the Great Lakes Worm Watch team’s website. Under the “Join the Research Team” tab, there are resources for people who want to help stop the spread of worms. Unfortunately, there are no eradication methods.

Thanks for reading.

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# 28 September 2011 at 9:52 pm