About five dozen persons, including many students and their families from Princeton Day School's
4th and 10th grades, spent
a morning building a path and tearing out invasive plants in Mountain Lakes Park. Habitat restoration activities were supervised by
Steve Hiltner,
Natural Resources Manager for the Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS).
The work was photographed by FOPOS member Mark T. Widmer. Click
on any thumbnail to view a larger version.
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Steve describes
the work to be
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Teamwork: one
person uses a rake
to hold briars away,
and another cuts.
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Steve's reference
plant cuttings
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Poison Ivy
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More poison ivy.
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Hauling mulch.
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Multi-flora rose
(invasive) removal.
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Moving the mulch. |
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Piles of invasive
plants that were
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Pruning shears.
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Piles of invasives
that were cut
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Hauling briars on a
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Beginnings of the
new trail.
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New trail!
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More brush that
was removed.
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Signs of work
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Mountain Lake. |