Earth Day 2014

The weather was great for our Earth Day event. We had a nice mix of adults and kids participating.
We also had a good balance of invasive species removal and planting native species.
As usual, with any major event we had plenty of Himalayan blackberry and English ivy to remove.
By the end of Earth Day, we could see the church building, looking uphill from the back driveway, for the first time since LWCC moved here. Big improvement!

Summer 2014

After Earth Day, we continued to remove invasive species further down the hill. We exposed a long-hidden stream with a very large salmonberry bush on its banks.
This 'after' shot reveals a lovely tree that was completely screened by blackberries. In fact, they were growing up into the lower branches, making a complete curtain.
Continuing to remove the invasive species meant that we could see the church building from even further down the hill.
This wonderful skunk cabbage was completely overlaid with ivy and blackberries until we cleared them.

Day of Caring 2014

Day of Caring 2014 focused on attacking the last intact section of the property that was overgrown with non-native species.
The crew had to start from the road in order to make a beach head in the thicket, which was 8' or more.
Making good progress! One of the crew brought his power hedge trimmer, which was extremely helpful.
We're really cooking now. We uncovered two downed trees and several salmonberry bushes, but thankfully no large debris like washing machines.
The happy crew poses for a picture during an afternoon break. We could not have done it without you!
We uncovered another stream! What an amazing piece of property this is.
The crew worked incredibly hard and we were able to clear the entire area!
Up goes the last load into the container. We filled it to the top!