Details of conservation tasks and other activities are published in the group's newsletter which is sent to all volunteers three or four times a year.

You can download PDF files (for Adobe Acrobat) of the most recent printed newsletter with the detailed task programme from here:

Spring-Summer 2010 Newsletter (249kbyte - ~60sec, 56kbit/s modem)

The following is a summary of the current programme of Sunday tasks.
For midweek tasks see the Greenteam volunteers programme.
Note: late changes not in printed programme are highlighted in orange.

Winter 2009-10 Programme

Date	Site	Project
Sun. 4 Apr (Easter)	Parndon Wood	Green Flag prep & tools maintenance
Sun. 11 Apr	Parndon Moat Marsh	reed cutting
Sun. 25 Apr	Holy Cross School	Storytelling seating

Spring-Summer 2010 Programme

Date	Site	Project
Tue. 4 May, 7.30pm	Queen's Head, Churchgate St	HCV Social
Sun. 9 May morn	Stewards School	early meadow cut & pond creation
Sun. 9 May aft	Holy Cross School	complete seating
Sun. 9 May	Emergency First Aid Course, Parndon Wood (booking required)
Sun. 23 May (morn) (aft)	Maymeads Marsh	tree planting aftercare
	Parndon Moat Marsh
Sun. 6 Jun	Parndon Wood	Forest Funtasia Fun Day
Sun. 20 Jun	Parndon Moat Marsh	path levelling
Tue. 29 Jun, 7.30pm	Moorhen	HCV Social
Sun. 4 Jul	Stort Water Meadows	vehicle bridge widening
Sun. 11 Jul	Marshgate Spring	water level control dam rebuild & sleeper bridge wire mesh
Sun. 25 Jul	Hospital & Risdens Wood	pond: dam refurb & log removal
Sun. 8 Aug	Latton Woods	path clearance & small bridge
Tue. 17 Aug, 7.30pm	Parndon Wood	HCV planning meeting
Fri. 20 Aug	Stort Valley meadows	Marshes family day
Sun. 5 Sep	Parndon Wood	pond religning
Sun. 19 Sep	Maymeads Marsh	reedmace clearance
Sat. 25 Sep	HCV 25th anniversary: Day out to Great Fen Project & Houghton Mill near Huntingdon
Sun. 3 Oct	Parndon Moat Marsh	reed cutting
Sun. 17 Oct	Stewards School	meadow management
Tue. 19 Oct 7.30pm	TBD pub	HCV AGM & Social
Provisional dates: 31st Oct, 14th & 28th Nov, 12th, & 27th (Mon) December

Task programme alerts

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HCV Newsletter Archive

Back issues of the HCV newsletter can be found in the newsletter archive

Training

For a list of conservation related training courses, both practical and natural history, by BTCV and other organizations in Essex, Herts, and London, and elsewhere in SE England see the Training page.

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