Stewardship Chronicles

Documenting Land Management in Northern Illinois

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Watersmeet Woods 3/18/2023

Area visited is outlined in red.

Google Maps. (n.d.). Watersmeet Woods,
Retrieved March 18th, 2023 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Watersmeet+Woods/@42.087231,-87.77446,1973m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x880fc5d77028c01d:0x2bef03a79ea7b662!8m2!3d42.0900186!4d-87.7726436!16s%2Fg%2F1tdgv_94

Points of interest are labeled and burn scars are numbered.

Google Maps. (n.d.). Watersmeet Woods,
Retrieved March 18th, 2023 fromhttps://www.google.com/maps/place/Watersmeet+Woods/@42.0920913,-87.7741707,587m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x880fc5d77028c01d:0x2bef03a79ea7b662!8m2!3d42.0900186!4d-87.7726436!16s%2Fg%2F1tdgv_94

Sign at entrance across from Avon Avenue.

Marsh

Log pavers on trail.

Buckthorn thicket that is being cut. The pile is visible in the lower right.

The ground water is right at the surface. Waterproof boots are needed for when you sink up to your ankle in mud.

Corduroy Trail

Sedges on side of trail.

Deer

End: I did not venture farther because the water looked too deep for my winter boots.

Burn Pile One

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Two

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Three

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Stumps

Dead Stumps

More Dead Stumps

Sprouting Stumps: Possibly a different herbicide applicator treated these stumps, or they were missed. Overall, the great majority of stumps were dead. This is good work.

Log Piles

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South–Notice the brush piles in the wetland.

Looking West

Moneywort (Lysimachia nummularia) near log piles and also around the wetland.

Burn Scar Four

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Five

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Six

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Seven

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Eight

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Nine

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Burn Pile Ten

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

Ditch between Burn Pile Ten and Log Pile

The ditch has been filled with logs.

Log Pile

Looking North

Looking East

Looking South

Looking West

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