Most of what we have been doing is not particularly visible. Mainly we have been going around to places where we removed blackberry plants, cutting emerging growth and daubing the cane "stumps" with triclopyr. We have been using sponge tipped wands built following a design from The Nature Conservancy and they work very well. In this picture what you don't see is the old 8' diameter satellite dish. It's gone, hauled away by Jeff Tangen to turn into an "umbrella" sculpture. Under the dark spot (cedar mulch) is where the old concrete jacketed steel pole that supported it is buried.
We recently delineated all three wetlands in preparation for applying for a clearing and grading permit required before applying for a building permit to remodel the small house already on the property.
Our forest stewardship plan is coming along as part of a coached planning program of classes put on by WSU extension. We are learning more about trees, native plants, forest diseases and insects, wildlife and habitat among other related topics. The speakers are all great and the amount of information is almost overwhelming and exciting.
Dale
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