CARMEL RIVER STATE BEACH WEED BASH!
SUMMARY OF OCTOBER 30, 2005,
From 1-5pm volunteers Bruce Delgado, Ellen and Mike Turbow, and Jan Shriner (3-5pm) removed Cape ivy by hand on the Carmel River State Beach side of John Chambers private fence.
All of the Cape ivy was either bagged or piled with cleared dead other plant materials and left on site. Approximately 8 large trash bags were filled with Cape ivy and left on site along access road to be removed by State Parks staff at a later date.
No Cape ivy was observed west of the access road where on Aug 5 it was hand removed by volunteers (including Ellen Turbow). This was very good news! There was however fairly substantial Cape ivy regrowth within 20 feet of Mr. Chamber’s fence. Almost all that was observed was pulled by roots except a small amount left when weed bash ended at 5pm. Approximately 3 stems of Cape ivy were observed to have unopened flower buds.
Good drinks and snacks were provided by Mike and Ellen Turbow and eaten at Wedding Rock. Thank you Mike and Ellen!
The next steps include return to this and other Cape ivy locations each couple of months until Cape ivy is eradicated. Eradication could be defined in this case as no Cape ivy seen at a particular location for 2 years. There was substantial resprouts observed along the fenceline and inside Mr. Chamber’s fence for which we’ll need access thru his gate on December 4, 2005.
No photos were taken today.
Total volunteer hours = 13
