Spears Woods Saturday November 23
When you see the parking lot full of cars, and numerous people standing behind them, what does that signify? A heap of brush is getting cut and burned today. We had twenty-plus volunteers, in addition to a return visit from the Thorn Creek Resource Management crew, at Spears last Saturday.
Newly certified chain sawyer Nicole got her first mentoring session from Kevin, while Jim ran his chainsaw a short distance away and both Doug and Margaret brush-cut in the main work area, near the prairie adjacent to Boomerang Slough. Lots of vines tangled and impeded progress, including multi-flora rose that attacked a couple volunteers, but by day's end Joe's main target, a big ugly honeysuckle thicket, went up in smoke. Good job!
Swallow Cliff South Sunday November 24
Sunday got off to an inauspicious start; when I arrived I was the crew, until other peeps started filtering in. It turned out just fine, with two brushcutters (thanks Jim and Diana) plus Joe with the chainsaw. Joy did her usual great turn as burn boss, with Carolyn, Jess and Jan hauling and Kathy doing the herbiciding, joined by Diana as the entire team hustled to get all that cut brush on the fire.
Though we initially planned distribute native seeds nearby we chose to save them for another day.
When you see the parking lot full of cars, and numerous people standing behind them, what does that signify? A heap of brush is getting cut and burned today. We had twenty-plus volunteers, in addition to a return visit from the Thorn Creek Resource Management crew, at Spears last Saturday.
Newly certified chain sawyer Nicole got her first mentoring session from Kevin, while Jim ran his chainsaw a short distance away and both Doug and Margaret brush-cut in the main work area, near the prairie adjacent to Boomerang Slough. Lots of vines tangled and impeded progress, including multi-flora rose that attacked a couple volunteers, but by day's end Joe's main target, a big ugly honeysuckle thicket, went up in smoke. Good job!
Swallow Cliff South Sunday November 24
Sunday got off to an inauspicious start; when I arrived I was the crew, until other peeps started filtering in. It turned out just fine, with two brushcutters (thanks Jim and Diana) plus Joe with the chainsaw. Joy did her usual great turn as burn boss, with Carolyn, Jess and Jan hauling and Kathy doing the herbiciding, joined by Diana as the entire team hustled to get all that cut brush on the fire.
Though we initially planned distribute native seeds nearby we chose to save them for another day.
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