428 Plants Later ...

Connie And Sunrise Rotarians, 

Saturday went great! We had about five or six Rotarian's show up, along with a few more volunteers and our Ozaukee Washington Land Trust stewardship crew, which made for a very productive day. 

We spent Wednesday preparing a few sites for planting and also tracked down some of the largest, berry producing buckthorn we could find. Dave Schlageter was kind enough to help us cut them down. We ended up expanding the oak opening about fifteen feet sideways and back. The area cleared consisted of a very dense thicket of buckthorn and ash. My hopes are that we continue with this expansion through-out the years. 

On Saturday, the planting began. We came in with 428 plants and with all the help that showed up we were able to get them all in the ground. The sites included the entrance area to the woods (just beyond the Pukaite sign), and the expanded area next to the oak opening. 

It was great to get to work with some of the Rotarian's again. I think we all felt really good about what we accomplished Saturday!

I think it might be useful for us to meet soon.   I have drafts to show you for educational signage and would also like to talk a bit more about installing a kiosk at the woods entrance. Let me know what you think.

Christine, Intern, Pukaite Woods
bohncm@uwm.edu
(262)-339-2147