Paddock Woods Saturday February 10
I wasn't able to attend this one due to another obligation. My thanks to George Christensen and Joe Connolly for the following brief account.
Volunteers went to Paddock Woods to burn stacks of logs from a previous tree-thinning day by a crew from Atrium Landscape. They succeeded in burning six piles, definitely a good morning's effort, while Kevin chain-sawed some smaller targets which also were burned. Our heartfelt thanks goes to Kathy Bruch of Atrium Landscape for her generosity in providing this crew and this opportunity to improve the health of the preserves!
Hidden Pond West Sunday February 11
On Sunday volunteers tackled the area we planned to clear four weeks earlier, on that weekend with -35 degree wind chills. This time temps were much better, and we had an eager team, including first-time Palos volunteer Kurt. I think it was his first appearance in Palos, though I've seen him elsewhere in the preserves.
Minimal wind meant we couldn't start burning until 10:00 am, allowing substantial piles of cut brush to accumulate in that first hour. It wasn't a problem as we managed to load it all on the fire by noon, and it burned down to a pile of hot ash by 1:30. Terrific job, thanks to everyone who came! Any football fans present got home in time for lots of pregame chit-chat.
Prescribed Fire in Palos
Our recent string of warm, mostly dry days allowed Forest Preserves crews to slip in two days of prescribed burns. On Tuesday they went to McMahon and Spears, and Wednesday returned to Spears and also burned the Cherry Hill Woods prairie, and some surrounding woodland at Swallow Cliff.
I wasn't able to attend this one due to another obligation. My thanks to George Christensen and Joe Connolly for the following brief account.
Volunteers went to Paddock Woods to burn stacks of logs from a previous tree-thinning day by a crew from Atrium Landscape. They succeeded in burning six piles, definitely a good morning's effort, while Kevin chain-sawed some smaller targets which also were burned. Our heartfelt thanks goes to Kathy Bruch of Atrium Landscape for her generosity in providing this crew and this opportunity to improve the health of the preserves!
Hidden Pond West Sunday February 11
On Sunday volunteers tackled the area we planned to clear four weeks earlier, on that weekend with -35 degree wind chills. This time temps were much better, and we had an eager team, including first-time Palos volunteer Kurt. I think it was his first appearance in Palos, though I've seen him elsewhere in the preserves.
Minimal wind meant we couldn't start burning until 10:00 am, allowing substantial piles of cut brush to accumulate in that first hour. It wasn't a problem as we managed to load it all on the fire by noon, and it burned down to a pile of hot ash by 1:30. Terrific job, thanks to everyone who came! Any football fans present got home in time for lots of pregame chit-chat.
Prescribed Fire in Palos
Our recent string of warm, mostly dry days allowed Forest Preserves crews to slip in two days of prescribed burns. On Tuesday they went to McMahon and Spears, and Wednesday returned to Spears and also burned the Cherry Hill Woods prairie, and some surrounding woodland at Swallow Cliff.
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