Woods & Wetlands

 Sierra Club 
Woods & Wetlands Group

Outings

October, 2001

Date Title / Location Rating  Leader / 
Contact
Bring  $$
Saturday, 
October 6,
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Outing Outing, 
Lakewood Forest Preserve
(2,2,2) Evan Craig
847-680-6437 
auk@interaccess.com
Limit 16. Reservations: 0
Cut-off: October 4. 
Hiking boots/shoes, water, personal calendar. $5
Join the Outings Committee to learn to lead outings, or just come enjoy the outing with new friends. We’ll take a hike, and then retreat to the museum to plan a calendar of outings. Outings Committee members will be eligible for free Wilderness First Aid training in 2002. W on 176 past Fairfield,
L into divided driveway,
Bear Left to Museum parking lot.
Saturday, 
October 13,
9:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Sun Lake Stewardship, 
Lake Villa
Click for '98 Pics!
(2,3,3) John Massman
847-838-9440 
beritz@earthlink.net 
Water, eye protection. Dress ruggedly. Additional loppers, saws, and other pruning tools useful. Free!
Enjoy this pristine Forest Preserve while liberating it from the invasion of exotic species. N on Deep Lake Rd from Rt. 132, 
west on Painted Lakes/Gelden Rd. for 200 ft, 
left on Spring Farm Rd. 
right on Longwood Dr. 
park in cul de sac.

 Sun Lake Stewardship, October 2001 !

Before

Facing W, at the NW edge of Sun Lake, just E of Sequoit Creek.

This small buckthorn forest is expanding along the creek. The red lines point to the buckthorns we were about to remove.

After

These clumsily combined images show us retreating in the rain from an opened panorama.

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