Last weekend, we had the first Copeland Creek event of the fall semester: a clean-up sponsored by JUMP and the Friends of Copeland Creek campus club. We had a small turnout, but it was a fantastic day out on the creek! Originally, we’d intended to pick up garbage and go after some of the Himalayan blackberry that’s creeping back into the restoration areas. When we went out to get started, however, I decided that there was more wild radish to be dealt with (and it’s much easier to work with than the blackberry – no thorns!!), so we had a radish-removal day instead.

Before:

Working, working, working:

A rather large spider!

Conquering the hemlock!

After:

After we’d finished pulling radish for the day, we took a walk in the creek, to look for blackberries (we found a few, but it was a bit too late in the season to find a lot of good ones). Just as we were finishing up, it started to sprinkle on us. A nice way to end the day!

Here’s the wonderful work team!

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to help us along the creek today!