Nature Blog

It turned out to be a beautiful day. We worked at our Cooper Elementary Site today with University Prep. We began the day by removing 10,000 sq ft of invasive Himalayan Blackberry and by staging a 50,000 sq ft area with plants. While we were working we took some time to enjoy the snacks brought…

We were fortunate and today turned out to be a beautiful day. A large group of volunteers came out and we had to split into two different groups. Altogether we were able to remove 4,000 sq ft of invasive Himalayan Blackberry and maintain 193 ft of trail. (above) youth volunteers holding Himalayan blackberry root ball…

Today our elementary school students came out for their first visit to the greenbelt. As they arrived, we gave them a history of the greenbelt and an overview of what they would be doing. In giving the history of the site, we explained the bad condition that the greenbelt used to be in. The Himalayan…

Today was a beautiful day to work in the green belt. We began the work party with invasive species removal, clearing Himalayan Blackberry and English Ivy from a 3,250 sq ft area. While we were removing invasive species we listened to sailor shanties by Trench Mouth. Once we finished invasive removal we began planting. With…

Today we accomplished a few small, but important, tasks. We started by transporting about 80 fern and 6 willow trees down the trail. We split up the group to distribute the work load: a few interns hand-pulled Himalayan blackberry through cardboard over a 4000 sq.ft. area, while the rest of our group worked on trail…

It was a rainy day today but everyone worked hard. We had several groups out today, including University Prep and Blank C&T. The students from University Prep did a lot of work for us; we managed to sheet mulch a 500 sq ft area. The group from Blank C&T began the day with Himalayan blackberry,…