South San Juan Broadband • Entered by Louise van Vonno on July 25, 2023
thistle removal
July 24, 2023
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0.25 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.25 |
| Activity Hours | 8 |
| Participants | 3 |
| Total Hours | 24.5 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: MSI
Landscape/area: San Juan National Forest (1864595 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Event Attendees (9 people)
Outcome 2: Invasives removed (1 acres)
Short Description of Activity
4 Great Old Broads joined with 2 MSI volunteers and 3 Forest service employees to remove invasive thistles from approx. 2 acre meadow off the Pine River Trail in San Juan National Forest.
Reflection/Evaluation
This meadow has received attention from the Forest Service and our chapter in the past. Last year apparently it was worse. We got through about 1/3 of the meadow before I left but it is a work in progress. It was a very hot day and longer hike in and out then was remembered so we could not stay until dark to finish.
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Photo Captions
1- Jeremy from MSI and Louise van Vonno with Great Old Broads
2- Chara Ragland with Great Old Broads
3- MSI volunteer
4- landscape of where thistles were removed