Upcoming Work Days

Fermilab Natural Areas will NOT be hosting a seed spreading event Friday, March 9th. The Roads & Grounds crew is ready for spring burn season and they are hoping to get started. As different prairie plots and woodlands receive prescribed fire treatments, we may spread seed the following Friday. We will send a message in advance. Until then, join us next Monday for brush cutting and enjoy the emerging spring! Yesterday we heard our first chorus frogs and saw an active snake!

Join us Monday, March 12th, from 1-3 PM for an afternoon cutting invasive brush. We will be working as part of a larger brush removal effort in one of Fermilab's premier savanna restoration sites. This is a very neat area and could use our help. Please join us.

Training, tools, ecology tips, and safety gear will be provided. Meet us on the west side of Fermilab in the parking lot of the Lederman Science Center. Dress for the weather. Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Thanks last week to Lori, Bob, Sue, MaryJo, Jacques, Bob, Evalyn, Marlene, Denis, and Larry! Ten volunteers helped clear honeysuckle and buckthorn from the new stewards woodland. What work we accomplished and fun we had in two hours! Thank you!

Photo:  seed spreading event, Februrary 3, 2012