Mt. Lakes Habitat Maintenance 9/8/06
by Princeton Day School and FOPOS

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
 done.
 
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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
 removed.
 
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 Pruning shears.
 
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 Piles of invasives
 that were cut
 down.
 
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 Hauling briars on a
 rake.
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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
 success.
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 Mountain Lake.