Dry Winter Woods

One hour noon visit to the Woods today. The past 90 days are among the driest for this time of year in the record books. Along the south border and just south of the fence a bulldozer has scraped away many of the brushy young trees, cottonwoods, etc.. leaving a narrower buffer along the fence. The black erosion fence along the construction zone was also scraped away. New rains will push red clay into the Woods until the fence is reestablished. The tree cutting and clearing of the power line right of way will allow much more light (and summer heat). (The growing tall cement wall of the new trash station will shade some or much.) Honeysuckle and poison ivy should take off.
Crew clearing electric line right of way on the north has applied Cambistat to most of the trees along the northern fence line..with aluminum tags.