Hello readers! I would like to begin this entry with a great big thank you to all the volunteers that braved the crisp weather Saturday morning to come help and pull ivy and cut blackberry with me! The event went really well thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers and EarthCorps!
I have to admit I was a little worried about the weather and it's effects the night before but it really turned out to be a gorgeous day and great weather for working! With hot coffee and hot water for tea and cocoa to keep us warm from Poverty Bay Coffee Company, the volunteers worked hard to save Dumas Bay Park's forest.
The volunteers pulled a grand total of 10,785 square feet of ivy!! Thanks to our efforts 37 trees can now breathe and grow comfortably without the stress of ivy climbing on them. Another 2,500 square feet of blackberry was cut by our volunteers as well. Thanks again to all of you who came out on Saturday and be sure to mark your calendars for our next scheduled event at the Lower Hylebos Marsh on Dec 12 from 9:20-2:00 where we will be doing more invasive removal as well as selective alder thinning. The alders have seeded themselves so densely that they are starting to create a monoculture shading out other native plants that live in the understory. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments please email me at [email protected].
Here are a few pictures of our volunteers hard at work at Dumas Bay Park. Enjoy!
Before the volunteers got a hold of the ivy:
After a punishing was put on the ivy. If you look closely you can see where the volunteers cut the ivy off the trees to do survival rings.
Chris and Rachel bust out a game of "Mingle Mingle" to help their group get better acquainted with each other.
Elaine wails on English Ivy two hands at a time!
Pamela cuts blackberry at the trail head.
Our youngest volunteer of the day Michelle gets a lesson on the detriments of English Ivy from her father Jeff.
To the right of Rachel you can see the tree rings that the volunteers cut in order to remove ivy from the trunk.
Thank you all so much for coming out!!!
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