Sabine Woods Work Day

Work Day to Prepare for Spring Migration

Saturday March 15th, 2008

      On Saturday, March 15th, the ides of March, we will be holding a work day at Sabine Woods to prepare for the upcoming spring migration season. We will start at about 7:30 a.m., and normally work until about noon. We will provide light refreshments.

      The Woods look to be in good shape, with no major problems. We will, as always, need to trim vegetation along the sides of the trails, sweep the boardwalks and do other similar relatively light work. There are a few places where a chainsaw would quickly improve the habitat or the view. How much mowing will be possible will depend on how wet it is, but we hope to be able to do at least the main trails. We would also like to do a little habitat improvement in the newer area of oaks in the west, cutting excess grape vines, and pruning lower limbs off some of the oaks.

      All will be most welcome. Anyone with plumbing experience involving backflow preventers will be very valuable. The most generally useful tools are long-handled pruning shears, so please bring any you may have, as we have very few. Bow saws are also useful in working on the newer oaks. Sabine Woods is on the north side of Highway 87, 4.1 miles west of the stop sign in Sabine Pass. Contact John Whittle (409-722-4193 or john.whittle@lamar.edu) for any additional information.