Restoration Activities This Week

by | Jan 2, 2023 | Ecological Restoration, Volunteers

Dear Friends of the Broughton Nature Preserve (BNP),

A New Year!  Best wishes to everyone.

We will begin the New Year with two restoration activities:

Thursday, 2-4PM:  Finish seed sowing on the BNP right of way (ROW).  We have one more section of the ROW to sow the seeds we collected last fall.  If there is time, we will also start removing trees growing in the ROW.

Meeting:  GWB Complex #3, at the top of the hill.  (Directions below.)

Saturday, 1-4PM.  We will begin removing invasive shrubs along the Blue Trail.  Weather permitting, we will burn the brush that we cut.  Gloves and tools will be provided.

Meeting:  GWB Complex #1.  Park near the Blue Trail entrance, near the YMCA building (furthest back).

For both restoration workdays, dress for the weather.  We guarantee good company, snacks (including hot chocolate) and mud!

Hope to see you this week!  Questions, call or e-mail me at 224.545.1604.

Directions to GWB Complex #3:

  1. Enter the GWB Complex #3 off State Route 821.  It is the complex nearest the entrance/exit off of Interstate 77.
  2. Go up the hill to the first set of buildings.  Turn left.
  3. Proceed all the way to the end of these buildings.  Before you head down to the pond, turn right, and go all the way up the hill.  The road will take you past all of the buildings.  The road up the hill is a gravel road.
  4. Parking is on top of this hill.

Directions to GWB Complex #1:

  1. Enter the GWB Complex #1 off State Route 821.  This is the complex nearest Marietta, just off Route 60.
  2. Drive into the Complex and head left towards the Community Building.
  3. Once you cross the creek, turn right and go as far down as possible.  Park near the YMCA’s furthest building.
  4. We meet at the trailhead of the Blue Trail.

 

Mark Krivchenia
Broughton Nature Preserve, Steward
Friends of the Ohio River Islands, Board Member
Society of Ecological Restoration, Midwest Great Lakes Chapter, Board Member

“All flourishing is mutual.” (Robin Kimmerer from “Braiding Sweetgrass”)