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A group of volunteers smile for the camera in a winter forest.

Mariton: More Vine Cutting

March 5, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Mariton had another super group of volunteers this week cutting vines.  We have been making great progress in a section…

A sapling with a vine wrapped around it.

Mariton: Vine Cutting Impact

February 21, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Mariton had another session of invasive plant removal the other day – and once again I forgot to take any…

Close up of bark on a tree in a winter forest

Mariton: Cracked Mud Bark

February 5, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I grew up where there was a lot of clay in the soil. When our mud puddles dried out, the…

Close up of tree bark in the winter.

Mariton: Chunky Bark

January 26, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager First, let me say that there is a lot of variation in tree bark.  Of course, there is variation between…

Close up of tree bark during the winter

Mariton: Tree Bark

January 22, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Last winter I wrote a few Field Notes about different trees and their bark.  I plan to continue that series…

A flying squirrel in a nest box.

Mariton: Flying Squirrel Encounter

January 19, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was checking the trails during a still morning with heavy fog recently.  As I walked, a large oak leaf…

Mariton: Navigation

January 9, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I recently finished reading Super Navigators by David Barrie.  It looked at the navigational capabilities of creatures as small as…

Mariton: Egg on my Face

January 1, 2020

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager I was wrong.  I’ll say it again.  It seems like a good way to start a New Year.  I was…

Ice covered branches of bare trees in a winter forest.

Mariton: Birches

December 19, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager One of my favorite Robert Frost poems is Birches.  When I went outside Wednesday morning I looked down the hill…

Close up of bark on a branch

Mariton: Tree of Heaven Clones

October 28, 2019

by Tim Burris, Preserve Manager Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is another cloning tree species.  (For some reason, my colleagues and I just refer to…