Spears Woods Saturday December 14
If it's Saturday this must be Spears? A year ago you might insert McMahon in place of Spears, but lately our volunteers have been doing yeoman's work around this wetland at Spears Woods. It continues to open up and the ranks of honeysuckle are visibly shrinking. The forecasted rain didn't begin until late afternoon, giving volunteers plenty of time to push back the wall of brush.
We'll make a return visit on December 29, then may take a few weekends off from Spears as tree-thinning season in Palos kicks off.
Black Partridge Woods Sunday December 15
We got lucky on this one; drizzle was still falling at 7:00 am and the sky remained overcast throughout the morning. Once we got the fire going all was well, and with 11 volunteers plus four members of FPCC's Thorn Creek crew, we had another very productive outing.
We were joined by first-time Palos volunteer Andrew, who came on the 'family plan' with daughter Emily. Love it! Our once-dense thicket is now open in the center, moving east to west into the next pasture. It may be a couple months before we get back to this spot, pending winter road conditions, but just passing by on Bluff Road the progress is readily apparent.
If it's Saturday this must be Spears? A year ago you might insert McMahon in place of Spears, but lately our volunteers have been doing yeoman's work around this wetland at Spears Woods. It continues to open up and the ranks of honeysuckle are visibly shrinking. The forecasted rain didn't begin until late afternoon, giving volunteers plenty of time to push back the wall of brush.
We'll make a return visit on December 29, then may take a few weekends off from Spears as tree-thinning season in Palos kicks off.
Black Partridge Woods Sunday December 15
We got lucky on this one; drizzle was still falling at 7:00 am and the sky remained overcast throughout the morning. Once we got the fire going all was well, and with 11 volunteers plus four members of FPCC's Thorn Creek crew, we had another very productive outing.
We were joined by first-time Palos volunteer Andrew, who came on the 'family plan' with daughter Emily. Love it! Our once-dense thicket is now open in the center, moving east to west into the next pasture. It may be a couple months before we get back to this spot, pending winter road conditions, but just passing by on Bluff Road the progress is readily apparent.
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