Back to brush-cutting as we're done with major tree-thinning for the season, our group returned to Cap Sauers which retains enough invasive brush to keep us going for some time. The pictures and accounts of this day, and Sunday at Black Partridge, come from FB posts and input from Doug Bosco, Joy Vrchota, and John Marlin.
Our FPCC ecologist, Kristin Pink, came to help on this day, and again on Sunday at Black Partridge. Great to have her!
Black Partridge Woods Sunday March 17
Our volunteers were back on the south side of Bluff Road, removing the big, hearty honeysuckle from the past dairy farm portion of the site. This is relatively flat ground, not far from the Des Plaines River. where cattle once grazed.
We were joined by Javy and five other first-time Palos volunteers from Latino Outdoors Great Lakes as well as a solid complement of regulars, and got another good section cleared by quitting time.