Palos Restoration Project
  • Home
  • About
  • Schedule
  • Maps
  • Volunteer
  • Blog
  • Contact

Black Partridge January 28, Swallow Cliff January 29, 2023

1/31/2023

0 Comments

 
Black Partridge Woods Saturday January 28
Going back to November 2019, John Marlin and volunteers crossed Bluff Road to its south side and began cutting honeysuckle near the creek, in an area that was the dairy farm in a previous life. In early 2020 we did two grant days with Citgo and resumed cutting in January 2021 after a long Covid hiatus.

We've come a long way since then, and Saturday was akin to a capstone day, thinning trees from a large area with the help of Atrium Landscape sawyers and haulers. Cottonwoods, box elder, and black locust were the major targets, and by day's end the area looked markedly more open. Five massive fires were testament to the group effort and the area will have much more sunlight reaching the ground.


Swallow Cliff Woods South Sunday January 29
Swallow Cliff has had a run of uncooperative weather, with rain and low winds hindering recent efforts to cut and burn brush. Sunday was another question mark, with a forecast of overnight snow and ice (that mostly moved to our north). Still, 13 volunteers came, ready to chop and burn close to a dozen big stacks of brush from the previous Sunday, including first-time Palos people Crystal and Ruby.

The ice WAS a challenge, with all of our fuel coated by a thin glaze. Joy and Darien patiently coaxed that wet mess into two big fires, and we started hauling and burning. Halfway through the morning it seemed like we might not finish, but a concerted effort by all present got the job done. By noon all but a few random scraps were loaded, and shortly after 1:00 pm Kathy, Carolyn, and I were able to call it a day.

Fantastic volunteer effort! Again and again!
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    I'm Jan Pietrzak with the Palos Restoration Project. This blog and website were created for your information and enjoyment.

    I hope you'll be encouraged and inspired to volunteer at any of the numerous forest preserves in our area.

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly