McMahon Woods & Fen Saturday March 23
We had another good group of volunteers at McMahon, with two chainsaws and one brush-cutter going on one side of the work site, and the rest of us hand-cutting and burning on the other. Just on fire this time, but loaded with copious amounts of brush in the course of the morning. There's so much potential at this location, needing only a big infusion of sweat equity to turn it loose. We've been providing that for many months and it's coming along nicely.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday March 24
The weather held and we found a reasonably dry spot to cut and burn, away from the low, wet ground near the slough. We were joined by first-time Palos volunteers Sara, Melanie, Bridget, and Kelsey - thank you all for your great effort, and for choosing a Palos site for the morning.
The area we're clearing, by one of the Laughing Girl sloughs (soon to be renamed Muskrat Slough), is expanding both to the south and east. We may get one more session of brush-cutting in on Sunday May 26, depends on the weather from now to then and how much plant growth comes in the next four weeks.
We had another good group of volunteers at McMahon, with two chainsaws and one brush-cutter going on one side of the work site, and the rest of us hand-cutting and burning on the other. Just on fire this time, but loaded with copious amounts of brush in the course of the morning. There's so much potential at this location, needing only a big infusion of sweat equity to turn it loose. We've been providing that for many months and it's coming along nicely.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday March 24
The weather held and we found a reasonably dry spot to cut and burn, away from the low, wet ground near the slough. We were joined by first-time Palos volunteers Sara, Melanie, Bridget, and Kelsey - thank you all for your great effort, and for choosing a Palos site for the morning.
The area we're clearing, by one of the Laughing Girl sloughs (soon to be renamed Muskrat Slough), is expanding both to the south and east. We may get one more session of brush-cutting in on Sunday May 26, depends on the weather from now to then and how much plant growth comes in the next four weeks.
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