Vernal Pool Certification!!

Two (2!) vernal pool reports which were submitted last year for Spring Pond Woods, have recently become certified!  These two little ponds with connecting wetlands and buffer areas are now recognized by law as important wildlife habitats.   

Thank you to Leslie Courtemanche, who together visited the ponds over several nights/ days into months.  This is now Leslie's 3rd vp certification in Spring Pond Woods!  Another deserving thank you goes to Calvin Anderson who trekked along a couple times and helped discover the right kind of bugs.  Thank you to volunteers from a vernal pond group (Rick with Annette, Randall, and Rosemary) for visiting the pools during one of the days, and a professor from a state college who visited the pools before Spring to offer insight of vegetation, and to a sweet woman who came once out in the dark after surgery but could not continue the climb through the woods to reach the 2nd pool.  Thank you to a group of Salemites who offered encouraging support.  And thanks to a special expert for simply caring…you know who are.  Did I miss anyone?  A big thank You to family and friends for putting up with us (well me anyhow :), over the long course of the challenging couple years to protect these areas.  Much love and peace on...