McMahon Woods & Fen Saturday December 30
We had a big group for this one, including first-time Palos volunteers Sarah, Wing, Luke and Allen. Luke came with brother John, a familiar face, and Al is a long-time fixture as a sawyer on the North Branch and other locations. It was a treat having all these new people with us.
We had three brush piles, one on the hill, one down below near wetland level, and a third off a distance across the wetland. This gave us plenty of room to play, cutting and burning, though we did NOT get around to sending one another smoke signals, suggested by George due to the smoky, wet-fuel.
Swallow Cliff Woods South Sunday December 31
The last restoration day of the year in Palos was terrific, with another big group of volunteers working at my favorite preserve in the region. We had to shift direction a bit; our plan was to go straight south where water had seeped in due to recent rains, puddling in one of the spots we planned to cut.
Instead we moved a few yards east, on slightly higher ground that wasn't saturated, therefore more suitable for brush cutting. And cut brush we did, leaving a large, robust pile of hot ash and embers by day's end.
McMahon Woods & Fen Wednesday January 3
I wasn't at this one and nobody sent info or posted on FB, so I'm gonna fly blind and say that our team cut some gnarly, vine-entangled brush and burned it on one or more brush piles. I feel like that sports reporter who got busted for making up sideline quotes from the coaches of the teams she was covering, 'cept I'm tellin' ya I'm doing it.
We had a big group for this one, including first-time Palos volunteers Sarah, Wing, Luke and Allen. Luke came with brother John, a familiar face, and Al is a long-time fixture as a sawyer on the North Branch and other locations. It was a treat having all these new people with us.
We had three brush piles, one on the hill, one down below near wetland level, and a third off a distance across the wetland. This gave us plenty of room to play, cutting and burning, though we did NOT get around to sending one another smoke signals, suggested by George due to the smoky, wet-fuel.
Swallow Cliff Woods South Sunday December 31
The last restoration day of the year in Palos was terrific, with another big group of volunteers working at my favorite preserve in the region. We had to shift direction a bit; our plan was to go straight south where water had seeped in due to recent rains, puddling in one of the spots we planned to cut.
Instead we moved a few yards east, on slightly higher ground that wasn't saturated, therefore more suitable for brush cutting. And cut brush we did, leaving a large, robust pile of hot ash and embers by day's end.
McMahon Woods & Fen Wednesday January 3
I wasn't at this one and nobody sent info or posted on FB, so I'm gonna fly blind and say that our team cut some gnarly, vine-entangled brush and burned it on one or more brush piles. I feel like that sports reporter who got busted for making up sideline quotes from the coaches of the teams she was covering, 'cept I'm tellin' ya I'm doing it.
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