Oakhurst Restoration Workdays

Workzone G3 Report

Objectives

Year	Season	Objective	Status	Hrs	Total
2023	Oct - Nov	Herbicide Teasel Rosettes	Not Started	-	60:21

	Aug - Oct	Harvest Monarda	Not Started	-	60:21

	Jul - Aug	Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	Not Started	-	60:21

	Jun - Aug	Control of bull thistle	Not Started	-	60:21

	May - Oct	Survey Flora	Not Started	-	60:21

	Apr - May	Pull/cut stickseed	Not Started	-	60:21

	Jan - Mar	Scan area for missed brush	Finished	2:39	60:21
		2023-02-11 The prairie is now clear of small trees and mid-size shrubs, apart from border with F4.1. Still a long of small dogwood stems that will require future work. Need to relocate brush to adjacent workzone for burning.
	Jan - Mar	Burn Brush Piles x3	Finished	6:00	60:21
		2023-01-29 One pile ignited and other piles fed to fire
	Jan - Mar	Broadcast Wet Prairie Seed	Finished	0:15	60:21
		2023-01-29 Broadcast portion of the wet prairie seed where ground more water logged. Seed provided Natural Resources.
	Jan - Mar	Broadcast Wet Prairie Seed	Finished	0:15	60:21
		2023-01-21 Broadcast the second bag of wet prairie mix
2022	Oct - Dec	Broadcast Harvested Seed - Joe Pye, Ironweed	Finished	0:15	51:27

	Sep - Nov	Cut all brush from field	Finished	5:15	51:12

	Aug - Oct	Harvest Monarda	Finished	0:30	45:57

	Jul - Aug	Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	Finished	12:45	45:27
		2022-08-06 Completed cutting the goldenrod field. Removed and bagged flowerheads.
	Jul - Aug	Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	Finished	12:45	45:27
		2022-08-03 Started cutting the goldenrod field. Using hand sickle to remove lower leaves and immature flowerheads.
	May - Sep	Herbicide Teasel Rosettes	Finished	0:15	32:42

2021	Jul - Aug	Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	Finished	17:57	32:27
		2021-09-04 Cutting teasel re-sprouts
	Jul - Aug	Cut and Bag Teasel Flowerheads	Finished	17:57	32:27
		2021-07-24 2nd week of teasel fest - 2 bags produced.
	Jul - Oct	Herbicide Teasel Rosettes	Finished	4:00	14:30

2020	Jul - Aug	Cut and Pile Teasel	Finished	2:30	10:30
		2020-07-09 Cut the goldenrod field and part of the hill.
2019	Apr - May	Herbicide Teasel Rosettes	Finished	0:15	8:00

	Jan - Jan	Spread prairie seeded harvested in prior season	Finished	0:18	7:45
		2019-01-12 Spreading a prairie seed mixture across workzones. Seed was mixed with filler and spit into four buckets, then broadcast on top of recent snow.
2018	Aug - Sep	Initial Floral Survey	Finished	0:15	7:27
		2018-08-25 Conducted a survey of the trees, shrubs and herbaceous flora in each "work zone". This will provide a baseline to evaluate the success of both floral enrichment attempts and the control of invasive species.
	Jul - Jul	Cut and Pile Teasel	Finished	2:42	7:12
		2018-07-25 Cut teasel in zone 4 and 5. This is the second year of teasel control. Possibly reseed bare areas with prairie seedmix before goldenrod becomes dominant.
2017	Oct - Nov	Herbicide Rosettes of Cut-Leaved Teasel	Finished	1:45	4:30
		2017-10-31 Treated the "teasel islands" in the goldenrod field. Hopefully this will expose some bare soil alllowing for re-seeding of goldenrod/boneset.
	Oct - Nov	Herbicide Rosettes of Cut-Leaved Teasel	Finished	1:45	4:30
		2017-10-25 First attempt at treating teasel rosettes with herbicide. Covered areas near shelter 2, and a couple of spots on top of the hill.
	Oct - Nov	Collect goldenrod/tall boneset seed	Finished	1:00	2:45
		2017-10-30 First seed collection of goldenrod, tall boneset, and sawtooth sunflower. Seed will be spread later in month to re-seed any bare patches after teasel herbicide treatment.
	Jul - Aug	Cut and Dehead Teasel	Finished	1:45	1:45
		2017-07-24 Bagged teasel in the goldenrod field east of the hill.
	Jul - Aug	Cut and Dehead Teasel	Finished	1:45	1:45
		2017-07-23 Covered the goldenrod field east of the hill.