The Saturday, October 6, volunteer workday continued the cutting of cattails (Typha latifolia) as well as some bulrushes (Schoenoplectus sp.) and smaller rushes (Juncus sp.) on the edge of pHake Lake. This time the work centered on the northeast corner of lake to clear a site on the north shore that is used for collecting samples and to open an area for viewing the lake from a little island.
A determined Christina Valdez moves in on the bulrushes. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Linda Worlow attacks the rushes blocking the path. ©Nancy Hamlett.
Gosh, it’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it! Dick Haskell after piling up cut cattails. ©Linda Worlow.
The work really made a big difference. Here, in lieu of Vanna White, we have volunteer Christina Valdez to point out the areas we worked on:
View of the lake from the little island before (top) and after (bottom). ©Nancy Hamlett.
View from the sampling site on the north shore before (top) and after (bottom). ©Nancy Hamlett.
View looking across the lake to the island. Before (left); after (right). ©Nancy Hamlett.
Weather permitting, we’ll have one more cattail workday on October 20. If you’d like to splash around in the lake, please come join us!