Paddock Woods Saturday March 22
We had a large group of volunteers, including three brush-cutters and three chainsaws, working in the low area northwest of the parking lot. Tree thinning, lots of honeysuckle, and a few others were targeted, and we had at least three fires by my count.
Congratulations to chain sawyer Nicole D. for finishing her mentoring sessions, she's now a certified Feller 1 in the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Much thanks also to Kevin G. for acting as mentor - it's a detailed process developed by FPCC that emphasizes the safe use of this powerful tool.
Swallow Cliff South Sunday March 23
Sunday morning dawned with a threat of rain that kept getting pushed later into the day; we had a great group, including first-time Palos volunteers Tristan, as we pushed farther in from the Yellow Trail in the South woods. Jim with the brush-cutter, Joe with the chainsaw, the rest of us hand-cutting and hauling and burning as we creep our way deeper into the woodland.
One pleasant surprise: when we got past a line of brush along a drainage we entered an area of open woodland, relatively free of brush. This has to be staff or contract work as volunteers are new to this area. We will return on Sunday, March 30, which will likely be our last Swallow Cliff cut-and-burn day of the season.
We had a large group of volunteers, including three brush-cutters and three chainsaws, working in the low area northwest of the parking lot. Tree thinning, lots of honeysuckle, and a few others were targeted, and we had at least three fires by my count.
Congratulations to chain sawyer Nicole D. for finishing her mentoring sessions, she's now a certified Feller 1 in the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Much thanks also to Kevin G. for acting as mentor - it's a detailed process developed by FPCC that emphasizes the safe use of this powerful tool.
Swallow Cliff South Sunday March 23
Sunday morning dawned with a threat of rain that kept getting pushed later into the day; we had a great group, including first-time Palos volunteers Tristan, as we pushed farther in from the Yellow Trail in the South woods. Jim with the brush-cutter, Joe with the chainsaw, the rest of us hand-cutting and hauling and burning as we creep our way deeper into the woodland.
One pleasant surprise: when we got past a line of brush along a drainage we entered an area of open woodland, relatively free of brush. This has to be staff or contract work as volunteers are new to this area. We will return on Sunday, March 30, which will likely be our last Swallow Cliff cut-and-burn day of the season.
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