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Walk me out in the morning dew …
Morning dew …
SUMMIT COUNTY — A little morning stroll in the lower Straight Creek drainage yielded more than a few pictures, as I ended up meeting Howard Hallman and Brad Piehl, two longtime locals who have taken a particular interest in the health of the watershed, which is so critical to the town of Dillon’s municipal water supplies. Hallman’s Greenlands Reserve Land Trust helped fund some of the forest health logging projects in the drainage, which parallels I-70 from the Eisenhower-Johnson Tunnel down through Dillon Valley, and he’s now involved with some volunteer followup monitoring efforts with volunteers and in partnership with the Friends of the Dillon Ranger District. Look for a detailed story on the forest monitoring in the next few days.
Summit County weed warrior John Taylor searches for invasive plants in a clearcut area near Straight Creek.
Wild geranium.
Found a mysterious-looking box in the moss along the creek, with no way to tell how old it is. I left it, and am still wondering if it dates back to the early days of Summit County.
Micro-forest in a tree stump along Straight Creek.
Daisies … before the rain.
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Bob,
Your pictures were wonderful as usual, cep for the old guy! Thanks for
the invasive weed support.
Regards,
John Taylor
Thanks, John. Will soon post a story about the monitoring.