Caring for and Healing the Earth

Tracker School Caretaker Classes

• Here there is a bent and gnarled oak tree. The question posed was: should this tree be removed or allowed to stay. Tom recommended letting it stay.

• There is a very straight animal trail here. leading off from the road just to the left of center in the photo.
• Straight trails erode faster than non-straight ones.
• One solution would be to re-align the trail to make it more of a zig-zag route.
• Another solution would be to close off the trail (see Station 7).

• The beginnings of a trail are visible in the center of this photo.
• This trail should be opened up to solve the problem illustrated in Station 6.

• Here there is significant erosion on this trail leading down to the lake.
• Considerable amounts of gravel are being washed down from the road. 
• Apparently the Boy Scout Camp requires this to be wide enough to bring a vehicle down, so it can't be closed off completely.
• Getting rid of the straightness of this would help a lot, perhaps rebuilding the access road in a "S"-curve.
• Shallow steps built into the surface of the road would also help. 

• Here is a group being shown the problems at Station 8.

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