The area outlined in red is where I visited today. I believe work occurred in this area on January 29th, 2023.
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West of the horse trail.
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Stump with dye from herbicide that has faded. I believe this stump had been treated two weeks ago. I did not map stumps that were treated, or not treated, because the dye had mostly worn off at this point and I could not get an accurate count. I often map whether stumps have been treated to determine if the herbicide application was effective and make observations regarding off-target damage.
Looking north of the southernmost burn scar. It appears a circle is being cleared around the dense buckthorn to the left before effort is put into attacking the core.
Looking east of the southernmost burn scar toward hedge of arborvitae. It is nice to see some young oaks growing in this area.
Looking south of the southernmost burn scar. Again, there are lots of young oaks.
Looking west of the southernmost burn scar. In the background, areas that were previously cleared of invasive species and seeded are visible. The grasses are mostly bottlebrush grass with a few other woodland grass species.
Looking north of the burn scar and pile covered with black tarp. The cavern of buckthorn has an ominous look.
Looking south of burn scar and pile with black tarp. A wider view of the promising small oak trees.
Looking west of the burn scar and pile covered with black tarp. In the bottom half of the picture there has been some buckthorn removal.
Looking north of pile covered with the blue tarp toward area where common buckthorn has not been removed.
Looking south of pile covered by blue tarp toward previous work area. It is like looking out of the mouth of a buckthorn cavern.
Looking west of the pile covered by the blue tarp towards the buckthorn thicket surrounding a white oak. This is looking into the thickest of the buckthorn.
Looking in pile covered by blue tarp. The orangish color cut ends are buckthorn. All I see in the pile is buckthorn.
Some cut material that had not yet gotten piled.
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