Blendon Woods MetroPark - 09 March 06

A 50 foot wide swath of maturing beech forest has been clear-cut straight across the park. It seems that there is a pipeline buried underneath the park that most folks knew nothing about. Our nation's current security concerns dictate that the land above the pipeline be cleared to facilitate pipeline surveillance...







This is what the clear-cut looks like up close. Mosquitos are the only creatures happy with this outcome...







Pine needles collect in cracks along a paved nature trail...