Photo by Jeff Hutchinson
Land
Management Program at Archbold Biological Station
P.O. Box 2057, Lake Placid, FL 33862
Phone 863-465-2571 FAX 863-699-1927
E-mail: landmanager@archbold-station.org
Ridge Ranger Workday (February 15, 2003)
(photos by Carol Taylor, except where
noted)
Replanting the Lousy 10 (Burn Unit 65, NW Tract) with native plants (slash pines, sand live oak, Chapman's oak, scrub palmetto, saw palmetto, lowbush blueberry, and wiregrass).
Panoramic shot of the rangers at work.
Photo by Jeff Hutchinson
The F550 brush truck was used to water the plants.
Ranges hard at work planting native plants
Dan Keesee taking a short break to properly pose for a photo after planting a slash pine.
As we were working, a family of three scrub jay started foraging nearby.
Special thanks to Marilyn Blair, Mark Deyrup, Nancy Deyrup, Leah Goldstein, Ann Homan, Dan Keesee, and Carol Taylor for their help in the restoration of the Lousy 10.
• Hutchinson, J.T.,
April 2003.
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