Here’s your July Newhall Work Day Update!

We had an “ Industrious Eight” volunteers appear for the July Second Saturday Work Day, and shown below from left to right are Matt Traudt, Kathy Kettel, Peter Swakopf, Sally Lippmann, Karen Lucey, John Grobe and Co-Chair Jack Coleman.  Not shown is camera-shy Fearless Leader Bob Clemens … but he does appear in Karen’s “candids” further down below. 

Karen and John blew debris from the Newhall Trail. Not an easy task as the pine straw and leaves were damp.  Peter and Matt cleared vegetation from the trails, and removed the cuttings to alleviate any “fuel load” issues as part of our fire mitigation plan.

Sally performed her usual duties cleaning the bird feeders and then cleaned the various interpretive panels on the Newhall Train and at the pond.  Kathy Kettel “fiddled” in her pollinator gardens and was still working when the balance of the crew headed home!

Bob and Jack culled encroaching branches from the Newhall and Pond trails, taking a huge truckload to the Sea Pines CSA collection point.  We do appreciate CSA removing the culled vegetation, or there would be a small mountain of it accumulated near the parking lot!

Our next Second Saturday Work Day will be on August 9th. As usual, we will meet at 8:30 AM in the parking lot and send everyone home by 10 AM. RSVPs are not required, but are helpful to: rclemens318@gmail.com.

May the Forest be with you! 

Robert “Bob” Clemens

Co-Chair Audubon Newhall Preserve