Yesterday, Anastasia and I were a part of the North Branch Restoration Project, and cut buckthorn at Harms Flatwoods. When we got there, we signed in and went went to the west side of the forest preserve to cut buckthorn. With us were normal volunteers and also students from New Trier. The person in charge of the group told us that buckthorn was being a problem in that it surrounds native trees like the oak tree and doesn't allow them to reproduce. He told us that whatever was green, was buckthorn. Buckthorn was the only plant still standing with its leaves, so it wasn't hard to miss. When me and Anastasia got to the site where we were going to cut buckthorn, we saw SO much of it! It was everywhere. It was taking over everything else. When we went inside the forest preserve, we took a clipper and we went and cut buckthorn, while the experienced people were putting up controled fires so we can burn the buckthorn. For some odd reason, this computer isn't leting me upload the pictures onto the post, so see Anastasia's. SORRY.
Anyways, Anastasia and I thoguth we'd be cold so we dressed up so warmly, and when we got there, with the four fires and the hard work, we were dying of heat. It was pretty interesting in that me and Anastasia helped the forest preserve from this invader, buckthorn. It was a lot of fun, and I would do it again any time!
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