Great Day in Late May

Our regular “4th Saturday” work party went well today. It wasn’t too hot. It didn’t rain. We cleared vegetation away from the trails and from 38th Ave. We piled said vegetation to try to block our local trail builder. We spread burlap and mulched next to 38th Ave. Everyone helped. Thanks to all.

Thanks to UW Volunteers for Heavy Lifting

Last Tuesday we hosted 6 energetic UW students who helped us break down the huge piles of wood and composting vegetation near the 39th Ave dead end. This was hard work and some heavy lifting. Good thing it was a nice day and a positive group of volunteers.
The standard best management practice for forest stewards is to let these piles break down on their own. Here’s some reasons why we went to the trouble of reducing them:
– the piles are very near the 39th street dead end, so they’re almost in the front yard of an adjacent house
– the piles encourage people to throw trash
– the piles are magnets for woody debris, so the piles keep growing,
– the piles don’t degrade naturally like the other piles we build in the interior of Madrona Woods.

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  The Friends of Madrona Woods strive to restore the Woods to a healthy, natural state by removing non-native invasive plants and revegetating with diverse native plants and to make the Woods safe and accessible through an environmentally friendly trail system.