Thanks to Felix and Oliver Robbins, and their father Dylon, for doing some community service during two of our Sunday morning workdays at Herrontown Woods. They are members of Scout Troop 43.
Wielding loppers, they helped cut border privet in a woodland near the boardwalk, part of a corridor that we are managing for native species. We took advantage of the lack of rain over the past two months to access this normally soggy area. Along with gaining skill at using loppers, they also learned to distinguish between the nonnative privet and the native blackhaw Viburnums.
Ultimately, we'd like to create a plank trail through the woodland to access a preserved meadow that borders Herrontown Woods. Clearing the invasive shrubs is the first step to create access.
The Robbins family and their fellow scouts in Troop 43 have helped out on multiple occasions, including an
eagle scout project by Leone Robbins.
