Shaw Prairie Stewards: Collectively, they volunteered 686 hours. Gathered 29 gallons of seeds including 100 species. Assisted with two prescribed burns. Girdled aspen with LFOLA interns in Stevenson Savanna at the Skokie River NP to return it to a savanna ecosystem. Began restoration work in the savanna area north of McLaughlin Meadow. Helped with purple loosestrife management in Shaw Prairie. GPS-tagged reed canary grass in Skokie River NP. Co-hosted Chicago River Day in May and filled over a dozen bags of pulled garlic mustard. Eagle Scout Projects: Two amazing Eagle Scout Projects were completed during the last year: Anneliese Rudloff built a bridge in
Skokie River NP. This bridge was built with burr oak lumber that came from Middlefork Farm NP. Anneliese with her troop built a sturdy bridge that can withstand our gator and tractor use! Graddy Gustafson built a 70-foot puncheon walking bridge at the Greene NP. This bridge installation helps to maintain the integrity of the nearby fragile ravine slope.
Other Volunteer workdays: Stevenson Green Club, Chicago River Day, Chalet Workday, Lake Forest Country Day School, Waukegan High School, and CURI RMB together contributed 422 hours of volunteer work.
Total volunteering and monitoring hours: 2,898.75 hours and counting!
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