Violet the Dog and I spent yesterday morning observing a controlled burn at Cedar Bluffs Natural Area. Chris Clingan, director of Mahaska County Conservation asked me to to tag along if I wanted to—and I was delighted. After a recent excellent volunteer training by Mahaska County Naturalist Laura DeCook, I’m the official volunteer park steward.
Regular readers will know I’ve been walking Cedar Bluffs off and on for nearly 20 years, and that when Covid hit I went out every day. I still try to walk every day except when I can’t get there in the snow or if the rain is coming down so hard I might get my phone wet (I like taking photos!).
My attitude is “there’s no bad weather — there’s only bad clothing.”
Well, I aspire to that attitude anyway…
Along with Chris, the crew working the burn were Mahaska County Park Rangers Tommy Van Renterghem and Jason Ryan, along with Roadside Manager Ben Hoskinson. Also there to help were Aubrey…
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