Willow Springs Woods Saturday January 31
After a weekend of rest Palos volunteers came back with renewed energy, converging at Willow Springs Woods Saturday morning. Working along Old Country Lane, the dividing line between Spears and Willow Springs Woods, we continued to burn logs from an ongoing tree-thinning project.
While some of the fires were slow to start, persistence and lots of dead kindling carried the day. We were joined by first-time Palos volunteers John and Mason, who then doubled up by coming to McClaughrey Springs the following day.
McClaughrey Springs Woods Sunday February 1
Sunday we met by the Swallow Cliff stairs and walked the Yellow Trail east past LaGrange Road, working a couple hundred yards in. We received a huge assist from six members of the Thorn Creek Resource Management crew, removing brush, mostly honeysuckle, from a low area beneath the bluff.
Hearty congratulations to volunteer Nicole Dudik, who had her final observation for certification as a Feller l with Forest Preserves of Cook County. Danny, from Thorn Creek RM, did the observation. Forest Preserves of Cook County has a detailed mentoring program which takes a chainsaw trainee through numerous steps before issuing certification. Kevin Gruzewski, a longtime sawyer with our group, served as Nicole's mentor.
After a weekend of rest Palos volunteers came back with renewed energy, converging at Willow Springs Woods Saturday morning. Working along Old Country Lane, the dividing line between Spears and Willow Springs Woods, we continued to burn logs from an ongoing tree-thinning project.
While some of the fires were slow to start, persistence and lots of dead kindling carried the day. We were joined by first-time Palos volunteers John and Mason, who then doubled up by coming to McClaughrey Springs the following day.
McClaughrey Springs Woods Sunday February 1
Sunday we met by the Swallow Cliff stairs and walked the Yellow Trail east past LaGrange Road, working a couple hundred yards in. We received a huge assist from six members of the Thorn Creek Resource Management crew, removing brush, mostly honeysuckle, from a low area beneath the bluff.
Hearty congratulations to volunteer Nicole Dudik, who had her final observation for certification as a Feller l with Forest Preserves of Cook County. Danny, from Thorn Creek RM, did the observation. Forest Preserves of Cook County has a detailed mentoring program which takes a chainsaw trainee through numerous steps before issuing certification. Kevin Gruzewski, a longtime sawyer with our group, served as Nicole's mentor.
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