Spring Pond Woods: February 2013

4th Vernal Pool Certification!

A fourth vernal pool was recently certified in Spring Pond Woods! This little pond with connecting wetlands and buffer areas is now regulated by many state and local laws as an important wildlife habitat.

Last year, two vernal pools became certified, and back in 1997 the first vernal pond in Spring Pond Woods was acknowledged for certification.

Thank you to those who visited this area continuously over several nights/ days into months, gathering research. Much love and peace on...

Washington Irving would of said as he did of his friend,

Richard Sullivan Fay...

“He who plants an oak, looks forward to future ages, and plants for prosperity. Nothing can be less selfish than this. He cannot expect to sit in its shade, nor enjoy its shelter; but he exults in the idea that the acorn which he has buried in the earth grow up into a lofty pile, and shall keep on flourishing and increasing and benefiting mankind, long after he shall have ceased to tread his paternal fields.”