2022-10-23 Workday - New Life Church

Workday – October 23, 2022

New Life Church Workday in Mitchell-Scarlett Woods
We split the group of 50 to 60 volunteers into three sub-groups

Management Area J – 20 or so volunteers (Leader – J. Schmidt)

Invasive bag
Invasive baggie
  • Removed buckthorn and applied baggies along northern edge of J
  • Cut honeysuckle and buckthorn and applied approximately 75 new baggies in area J, along J-I trail and JF trail plus interior
  • After baggies ran out continued cutting invasive shurbs around native seedlings
  • Spread wood chips behind bench at the entrance

Management Area E – 20 or so volunteers (Leader – Nik Spasovski)

  • Cut mainly buckthorn opposite the pond trail
  • Opened up area and spread out cuttings
  • Broke up some earlier piles of cuttings

Management Area K – 15 or so volunteers (Leaders – M. Schmidt & Josh Blom)

  • Widened trail by cutting buckthorn
  • Spread wood chips in low spots on trail west side of K
  • and a few other low spots

PDF of Invasives from Michigan.gov