February 27, 2013
Week 6
Week 6
Work Hrs: 12 Total Hrs: 46
Week 6
This week Ace was back to help out with various tasks around YLR. The Wednesday morning crew and I joined Ace on the banks of the lagoon just past the new overlook to rid an area of invasive hemlock or Conium maculatum. Invasive species or weed or non-native plant control is a very important aspect of restoration ecology and land management. It is a constant battle which eventually can be won be utilizing various techniques. Previously I had talked about tarping to control the Hemlock. This week, we were literally pulling each and every individual hemlock plant by its roots to clear a large area. Once most of the invasive species is removed from the area, it will be mulched and planted with local shrubs which hopefully will in the area and shade out any future Hemlock seedlings. This will hopefully take care of the Hemlock in that area. Other invasive species that are popping up around the YLR are Medicago polymorpha or bur clover and Oxalis pes-caprae or sourgrass and Raphanus sativus or wild radish. There hasn't been that much rainfall, so the invasives haven't really gotten enough moisture to germinate and try to mature and take over the YLR. This is going to make it a little bit easier for the spring interns who are going to have to do a lot of weed management. Weed management and planting to restore native biodiversity should over time rid of or severely suppress non-natives or invasives species with out further interjection by humans.
Ace also hosted a work day in which volunteers and students from the Karen Holl's ecology restoration class donated their time and labor at the YLR for an afternoon. With the help of everyone, a lot of work was completed on the main terrace including mulching large areas and the planting of at least 1400 plants.
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Ace also hosted a work day in which volunteers and students from the Karen Holl's ecology restoration class donated their time and labor at the YLR for an afternoon. With the help of everyone, a lot of work was completed on the main terrace including mulching large areas and the planting of at least 1400 plants.
WORD COUNT: 308
The "Stacks" at the Mouth of the Lagoon.
Another View of the Stacks.
Looking Out at the Ocean Through Some Rushes Also Known as Juncus patens.
YLR Interns and Volunteers.
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