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Fisher (Pekania pennanti)Description
Excavating base of decayed Spruce (Picea Rubra) stub (at snow level)with old Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) excavations (for carpenter ants, Camponotus sp.). Potential wood boring insect foraging?
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Mature individual
Last cut in late August
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Mature individual
Last cut in mid~July
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 12 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- small area of young~maturing invasion along mainland shoreline (adjoining Uncut 8~11) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 11 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- large area of mature and young~maturing invasion along mainland shoreline (nearly opposite epicenter of Uncut 3 and adjoining Uncut 8~10) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 10 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- small area of maturing invasion along mainland shoreline(nearly opposite E end of Uncut 3 and adjoining Uncut 8 and 9) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 9 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- small area of mature invasion along mainland shoreline (nearly opposite E end of Uncut 3 and adjoining Uncut 8) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 8 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- small area of maturing invasion along mainland shoreline(nearly opposite E end of Uncut 3) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 7 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- small area of young~maturing invasion along most shorelines of small island (6th, off 3 and by 6, in E arm of reservoir {near epicenter of Uncut 3}) ~ priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 6 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- moderate area of young~maturing invasion along most shorelines of small island (5th, off 3rd and E arm of reservoir {near epicenter of Uncut 3}) ~ high priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
[middle of Uncut 3]
Likely source tree, in midst of continuous shoreline of glossy (alder) buckthorn.
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 5 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- moderate area of young~maturing invasion along all shorelines (especially E) of small island (4th, off 3rd and beside S point between arms of reservoir {by Uncut 4 and beside E end of Uncut 3}) ~ high priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 4 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- moderate areas of young~maturing invasion along all shorelines (especially W) of island (3nd, off S point between arms of reservoir {by E end of Uncut 3}) ~ high priority for intensive pulling and cutting
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 3 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- extremely extensive area of young~maturing invasion along SW shoreline of mainland (W end at this point, opposite 2nd uncut island; E end at S point, between arms of reservoir) ~ preeminent priority for intensive pulling and cutting (higher than Uncut 2)!!
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 2 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
- extensive and moderate areas of mature and young~maturing invasion along all shorelines (especially E) and into interior (in gaps and beneath canopy of forest) of island (2nd, adjacent to uncut 1 island) ~ penultimate (very high) priority for intensive pulling and cutting!
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Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)Description
Uncut 1 *
(NW ~ N ~ NE)
extensive area of young~maturing invasion along SW~SE shoreline and into interior(in gaps and beneath canopy of forest) of island ~ high priority for intensive pulling and cutting
{pulled two maturing buckthorn at NE end of island ~ no further pulls will be recorded}