Connor Kennedy
Organization: Acterra
Dates: 6/11/16, 6/24/17, 6/25/17
For my second set of visits I visited Arastradero Preserve again for the first two dates and then a much different location at Foothills park for my final visit. For the first visit, we pulled centaurea solstitialis (yellow starthistle), another rapidly dispersing invasive specie. We also went back to look at the willow branches we had planted a while ago. It was clear that some had taken root by their green leaves but others just looked still like dead sticks. For our second visit we were on watering duty. At some point that summer other volunteers had taken the time to plant many native grasses across a hillside and we were watering them to help them through their first summer. After that their roots would be deep enough that they could survive on their own. For our final visit we once again pulled yellow starthistle but this time at Foothills Park. It was once again getting ready to drop its seeds and we wanted to pull it before that happened. We cleared out an entire hillside of the stuff and threw it to die under shady trees where the seeds couldn’t sprout. After all six visits I felt much more connected to the environment around me and was glad I was able to help in such a tangible way.
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