Here are some pictures of what we have been doing! And what we see while on the job! That is all for this update.

Upward Bound 2010!

Hey to everyone who is reading!

Upward Bound Summer Academy is now working on the wetlands! We are hard at work finding sedge and snakes and some frogs too! We are finishing up week 3. Time is just flying. We have dug up and planted sedge as well as plotting some. Thanks and we will keep you updated!

Pictures

One of our many pine trees that seem to be coming along nicely.

Water parsley that we began planting earlier this month.

If you look closely at this picture you will notice the hundreds of tad pols that have hatched in our wetland.

Transplanted Hooker Willow already rooted and making changes.

April 30th

Quite a few changes in our wetland have occured since my last post. The last couple weeks weve been transplanting parsley, slough sedge aswell as tossing any debris we can find lying around. The changes seem to occur weekly. The willow has really taken off, its rooted and began growing its own steps. Its a very amazing transformation. Weve had quite a few visitors including; wood ducks, garden snakes, possums, and frogs. Today if you look in one of the various surrounding puddles you can find hundreds of tadpols. Which we hope will survive - resulting us with a large number of frogs. More updates soon!

For The Month Of April

This month weve been focusing on pine trees, parsley aswell as slough sedge. Last month we completed the willow planting. As of today we have approximatly 40 sitka spruce trees transplanted into our wetland. We just began transplanting water parsley into the shallow areas around the water. Throughout the month of April we will continue doing so, until summer rolls around.

Returning From Spring Break.

After a nice break off from school we returned to our regular schedule out at the wetland, and were surprised to see a lot of changes. The area seems much greener, the willow we've transplanted has taken off, the sedge seems to be coming along nicely, and we've even had some wildlife invade the area such as frogs and ducks. Yesterday I met with Mr. Ray and discussed the plans for the rest of the year. This week we will plant the pine trees we have behind the fish farm, take some more pictures, and on the weekend try and finish up the slough sedge. But just looking over from what we've accomplished in a year is quite a thought. We will continue to work during the weekends to get this wetland where it needs to be.


Aaron working diligently as he continues to transplant hooker willow.

March Update

Last month we did a good job planting. Were now starting to even get some wildlife visit our wetland from time to time. I'd say about 1/2 of the wetland is now covered in slough sedge aswell as hooker willow. Once spring break rolls around we are hoping to make alot of progress, and get this wetland approved.