We had a smaller-than usual turnout on this day, one which your reporter also missed. I'm told it was still a productive day, with volunteers tackling the dreaded "wall" of brush at McMahon. I believe there was only one fire, which IS unusual for a Saturday in Palos.
I should note that second Saturday is the busiest of the month for restoration in Cook County, with 17 sites listed on last week's calendar. Some of our volunteers have connections to multiple sites and none, to my knowledge, have yet cloned themselves ala "Multiplicity". I'm tempted, while Julie thinks it's a bad idea.
McClaughrey Springs Sunday April 13
We had an anomalous situation Sunday, with two sites working and neither having adequate volunteers, and chose to combine forces and work at McClaughrey Springs. That gave us a fire-starter, a couple haulers, plus two power tool operators to provide fuel for the fire. In the end it worked out pretty well.
We're getting near the end of brushcutting season, and all it will take is a few warm days to get the garlic mustard popping some flowers. Usually we switch around May 1 though some sites are starting this weekend..