After a summer break, BFS Volunteer Days have now resumed. This year we will be holding volunteer workdays on the first and third Saturday of every month. The schedule is posted on our new BFS Volunteer webpage, and events will also be announced on our new BFS Facebook page.
Our first volunteer workday of the fall was held this past Saturday, when a group of intrepid volunteers (below) braved the heat to clear a large portion of the overgrown trail that encircles pHake Lake.
Eight hot and tired but still cheerful volunteers enjoying some shade after clearing the lake trail. Left to right: Marty Meyer (BFS Director), Bryan Visser (HMC ’13), Dick Haskell, Cleo Stannard (HMC ’15), Sarah Stevens (HMC ’15), Tim Cox, Maria Morabe (HMC ’13), Anne Clark (HMC ’13). ©Nancy Hamlett.
You can see the difference they made in these before and after photos:
The entrance to the trail on the west side of pHake Lake. Left: Before clearing. Right: After clearing. ©Nancy Hamlett.
The trail on the west side of pHake Lake. Left: Before clearing. Right: After clearing. The orange flagging tape marks an endangered Nevin’s Barberry (Berberis nevinii). ©Nancy Hamlett.
The trail on the east side of pHake Lake. Left: Before clearing. Right: After clearing. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Please join us for future volunteer workdays!