News
Follow DNDA and Youngstown Socials
Stay Connected with DNDA
Blog
Cooper
Today was a good sized group and the weather turned out for the better. The picture to the right shows one of our volunteers engaging in removing Scotch broom with weed wrenches. We use these wrenches quite a bit when dealing with Scotch broom, because they are best for tough jobs. The wrench has a…
John Hay Elementary
Today we met with Joy Burke’s 4th and 5th grade class from John Hay. We began the day with a review of what invasive species are and by discussing what a plant needs to survive. We then moved on to replant the seeds that didn’t survive over winter break. We planted Oregon Grape and Dogwood.…
Overcast, but not OVER
We had a Cooper school work party today. We started out with some initial invasive removal. We cleared a total area of 1,771 sq.ft. of Scotch broom (see before & after pictures below) and blackberry, and all of the debris was hauled to the school driveway. The other half of the day was devoted to…
Hustlin' bustlin' interns
Today the work party focused on erosion, fabricating, and live staking. Erosion is the removal of solids from a natural environment via weather. For example, when it rains on a slope, the water turns the dirt into mud. Then, as a result of gravity, everything on the slope gets pulled down the hill. This is…
Allstar.. All awesome!
Today we started on the last leg of the restoration of the Longfellow Creek Legacy Trail. We were joined on our first day by a fleet of 7th graders from University Prep. Our work was cut out for us: the piece of property we worked on was abundant in large untamed Himalayan blackberry and fields…
1/31/09
Today was a beautiful day. We began the day by removing invasive Himalayan blackberry and we removed a total of 6414 sq ft of blackberry. We also removed Evergreen blackberry farther up the hill. While we were working we listened to Amy Denio on the clarinet. Once we finished maintaining an area we were able…
Bare Roots
We had a pretty good sized group for planting today. The red flags in the picture were placed to indicate where to plant the bare root conifers. To plant these trees, we use a tool called a dibble to make the hole. Holes dug for bare root Indian plum, which we also planted today, only…
Remember the interns?
Today we worked with private contractors hired by the City of Seattle to help finish the slope we started with EarthCorps. We committed our entire day to planting. All in all we got 81 plants and trees in the ground: 25 hazelnut, 8 Oregon ash, 15 salal, 6 Douglas fir, 4 vine maple, 6 lady…
January 24, 2009
We started the day with invasive removal, and we were able to remove 600 sq ft of invasive Himalayan blackberry. While we were working, we listened to Marc Smason on the trumpet. After the blackberry removal, we moved on to sheet mulching. We were able to sheet mulch 300 sq ft. Once we finished mulching,…