Bamboo+Removal

Logan McCollum 3A

At Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve we cut invasive bamboo and carried it off to be taken away later by park rangers. When we first arrived the park worker gave us a quick safety briefing since we would be using saws in close proximity to other people. After this, we headed down into the area where the bamboo was located. They had us clear out one large area that was right off the main path. After we had cleared most of this area the worker asked me to go back into the woods and clear a patch of bamboo in a heavily forested area. After I did that it was time to head home.

This is related to environmental science because the bamboo was an invasive species on the farm. The worker did tell us that it wasn't causing great harm to the environment but it was not allowing some of the small underlying plants to grow.