Today it was 48 degrees F and cloudy; unusually warm for this time of year. The floor is covered in fallen leaves from the maples and oaks that fill the area. Recent snow melted yesterday, leaving the trail very muddy. The absence of leaves made me realize how few conifer trees there are, besides the …
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Westwood Conservation Area
Woodstock, Illinois; 11/24/2021, clear sky, 41 degrees F This was a change in scenery to Crescent Woods in Burlington. While Crescent Woods is a heavily wooded area with tall sugar maples making up the canopy; Westwood Area is more of a plain with a small wooded area made up of oak trees. However, both places …
Walk to Crescent Woods 11/12/2021
I walked from UVM redstone campus to Crescent Woods on Crescent Rd. This mile long walk is through a residential area with the natural area tucked inside.
Crescent Woods, November 1
An afternoon in Crescent Woods: I hear the leave crunch beneath me as I walk down the wooden steps, off the road. As I see the brook I no longer hear the cars passing by or sounds of the neighborhood, only the chirping birds and flowing water. I sit down under the big tree at …
Welcome to Crescent Woods!
October 20, 2021 [4:35 pm, 64 degrees Fahrenheit, partly cloudy] About a mile away from UVM, past the country club, tucked into a local neighborhood is crescent woods. When researching areas to study, I discovered Englesby Brook. The only part of the brook on public land runs through crescent woods. This was a wooded area …