Painful Privet

 2/27/2025

On today's adventures at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, we were tasked with cutting down as much privet as possible. If you aren't familiar, Chinese privet is one of the most invasive plant species in Texas. On the nature center, Chinese privet are known to be troublesome due to the dense and unappealing thickets formed. It has invaded native wooded areas and crowded out tons of vegetation. Throughout our time, two of my classmates and I systemically worked together to clear as much privet as possible. It was a hot day out there, and I will be bringing even more water next time. I did accidentally sit on a cactus while cutting down privet, but thankfully I was able to get the needle out. I had so much fun getting to talk and work with my classmates. We were able to clear out a pretty decent amount of privet for two hours of work. 

Jenna and I working together
to remove this area of privet
Live footage of me working
to saw off a thick branch
of privet.
Jenna pointing out the privet that 
she is about to cut off.





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  1. williams.dan76March 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM

    Great photos, love the Live footage" above. Yoy, Jenna, and Chris were quite a team last week, and you accomplished a lot of "habitat restoration." I am grateful, and I am even more grateful that you were not more seriously attacked by that hostile prickly pear. Thanks for being such a good lumberjack with a saw.

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