The students pulled almost 20 industrial-sized bags of DSV. Bagging was necessary to contain all the seeds on these plants. Rather than "export our problem" we will likely just leave the bags carefully piled out of the way until the plant material breaks down to the point where we can dump it out and return those nutrients to the soil.

If you look closely, you'll see that's the cork elm that was previously covered in DSV. It and the Red Osier shrubs nearby are now DSV-free, as is the area in front. I'm hoping that a bit of chopping in the spring will defeat the DSV and allow us to plant some native wildflower in here.

The students also planted some Gray Dogwoods and Red Maples in the open part of the woods.

Thanks again to our wonderful crew of Carleton students. It was a pleasure to work with you, and you really made a difference at the FWG.