Spears Woods Saturday February 22
We had a large group of volunteers at Spears Saturday. joined by Maddie Peacher, new FPCC Stewardship Program Coordinator, working at the north end near 87th Street. Got off to a slow start, but once a fire was started we got going and cleared a big swath of brush, with far too much multi-flora rose, near the trail loop.
Meanwhile, chainsawyers from Atrium Landscape worked on the other side of the trail in their last tree-thinning day of the season. After they departed some volunteers moved to that side and began lighting more brush piles, and a couple late arrivals stayed with them throughout the afternoon.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday February 23
The trails and landscape held a thin snow cover Sunday morning as we cleared honeysuckle and buckthorn west of the trail loop. Our small group, which included first-time Palos volunteer Sarah (thank you!), was augmented by four members of FPCC's Palos Resource Management crew and Regional Ecologist Kristin Pink, who graciously marked numerous native shrubs scattered around the area to protect them from errant loppers and bowsaws.
We had a single, at times unruly brush pile which kept a handful of us on site until almost 2:00 pm. An added treat was hearing a brush mower, run by a contract crew from Stantec, obliterating a large stretch of brush little more than a quarter-mile away. Another great example of teamwork in action, with contractors, Forest Preserves staff, and volunteers all working toward a common goal.
We had a large group of volunteers at Spears Saturday. joined by Maddie Peacher, new FPCC Stewardship Program Coordinator, working at the north end near 87th Street. Got off to a slow start, but once a fire was started we got going and cleared a big swath of brush, with far too much multi-flora rose, near the trail loop.
Meanwhile, chainsawyers from Atrium Landscape worked on the other side of the trail in their last tree-thinning day of the season. After they departed some volunteers moved to that side and began lighting more brush piles, and a couple late arrivals stayed with them throughout the afternoon.
Swallow Cliff Woods Sunday February 23
The trails and landscape held a thin snow cover Sunday morning as we cleared honeysuckle and buckthorn west of the trail loop. Our small group, which included first-time Palos volunteer Sarah (thank you!), was augmented by four members of FPCC's Palos Resource Management crew and Regional Ecologist Kristin Pink, who graciously marked numerous native shrubs scattered around the area to protect them from errant loppers and bowsaws.
We had a single, at times unruly brush pile which kept a handful of us on site until almost 2:00 pm. An added treat was hearing a brush mower, run by a contract crew from Stantec, obliterating a large stretch of brush little more than a quarter-mile away. Another great example of teamwork in action, with contractors, Forest Preserves staff, and volunteers all working toward a common goal.
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