Birders, As you may have heard, the recent 9 inch rain at Last Chance caused flash-flooding that played havoc with plantings and the drip irrigation system birders installed in April. Area residents have been repairing it, but have asked for help from birders. *A few birders plan to meet at Last Chance at 0830 this Saturday, Sept 7*. Sorry for the short notice, but we thought there were enough hands on deck until a few backed out. We need 4-5 more workers for these tasks: 1) replacing soil around the bases of trees and shrubs where the flood scoured it away, 2) finishing up restoring the drip system (on the job training - it's simple and fun). 3) spraying exotic plants, mainly the suckers of the nasty, invasive Siberian elm which have sprouted from the bases of burned trees. Such mitigation provides room for native species to grow.
If enough of us show up, the job should take only 3-4 hours. Birding has been good there too. What to bring: Rough clothes and gloves, binocs. Water, snacks (we will not bring pot luck as we have done on past work days) Shovel, rake. IF YOU have a hand sprayer we are short on those. (Caution - once a sprayer is used for herbicide, it cannot be used for any other purpose later). We'll spray an agent that is approved for use near water. Please email me at jroll...@gmail.com if you can join us. Many thanks! Joe Roller, Denver -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUDZNZxqNyD66%3DneDawPSWmmUCeXrdGJy7paFpiw0bpW_Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
