Saturday March 21, Cap Sauers Holding
Early morning was quite cool and warmed pretty quickly, allowing us to hear chorus frogs by 9:00 am near Bergman Slough. We walked to our recent work site - the walk is getting longer as we push farther in from the trail Upon arrival we faced a large amount of cut brush from previous workdays and made our way through it to the site of our solitary fire, blessedly at a low spot.
Most volunteers, including first-time Palos people Maya and John, started cutting until the fire got going, then switched to hauling. We cleared a most impressive span, including all the cut brush dodged on the way in. Meanwhile, Doug brush-cutting and Kevin and Nicole chain-sawing gave us lots more to haul and add to the fire.
Sunday March 22, Swallow Cliff Woods South
Sunday was the reverse of Saturday, starting out reasonable comfortable and growing chilly, with more wind, as the morning wore on. We had a good group, including first-time Palos volunteers Laura, Ryan, Maddy and Kyla - the latter two on the 'bring-a-friend' program with Claire.
We did great, with one chainsaw (electric with a big-time noise reduction from gas!) and a group of energetic bowsaw slingers, keeping our single fire loaded all morning. By quitting time we had almost broken through to the edge, which will open up a view of the wetland to the southwest. Two days later FPCC crews did a prescribed burn through the area, truly the cherry atop the sundae!
I included several pictures from the Swallow Cliff burn, walking clockwise from the parking lot. Over the last eight years volunteers have worked in numerous areas along that circuit, as have contractors throughout the area. What's that saying about teamwork?
Early morning was quite cool and warmed pretty quickly, allowing us to hear chorus frogs by 9:00 am near Bergman Slough. We walked to our recent work site - the walk is getting longer as we push farther in from the trail Upon arrival we faced a large amount of cut brush from previous workdays and made our way through it to the site of our solitary fire, blessedly at a low spot.
Most volunteers, including first-time Palos people Maya and John, started cutting until the fire got going, then switched to hauling. We cleared a most impressive span, including all the cut brush dodged on the way in. Meanwhile, Doug brush-cutting and Kevin and Nicole chain-sawing gave us lots more to haul and add to the fire.
Sunday March 22, Swallow Cliff Woods South
Sunday was the reverse of Saturday, starting out reasonable comfortable and growing chilly, with more wind, as the morning wore on. We had a good group, including first-time Palos volunteers Laura, Ryan, Maddy and Kyla - the latter two on the 'bring-a-friend' program with Claire.
We did great, with one chainsaw (electric with a big-time noise reduction from gas!) and a group of energetic bowsaw slingers, keeping our single fire loaded all morning. By quitting time we had almost broken through to the edge, which will open up a view of the wetland to the southwest. Two days later FPCC crews did a prescribed burn through the area, truly the cherry atop the sundae!
I included several pictures from the Swallow Cliff burn, walking clockwise from the parking lot. Over the last eight years volunteers have worked in numerous areas along that circuit, as have contractors throughout the area. What's that saying about teamwork?
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