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    • In 2017 the Friends of Dicken Woods:
      • put in 429 work hours
      • cleared and chipped all trails that needed to be done
      • had two official work days, one with our local boy scouts, and one as an open neighborhood workday
      • planted 6 trees, two donated by the boy scouts
      • continued work on the pollinator corridor along S Maple, adding many native plants and seeds
      • developed a pollinator meadow at the end of Dicken, adding many native plants and seeds
      • added two signs identifying these two locations
      • continued buckthorn removal, clearing around trees
      • donated $1000 to LSNC for continued educational programs at Dicken School

    • In 2016, the Friends of Dicken Woods:

      • put in 423 work hours.
      • cleared and chipped all of the trails that needed to be done.
      • had two work days with young hockey players and local boy scouts.
      • continued work on the pollinator corridor along S. Maple.
      • eliminated much of the invasive trumpet vine along S. Maple.
      • planted 5 oak trees in its place.
      • set up a watering system along S. Maple using the fire hydrant there.
      • donated $1000 to LSNC for educational programs at Dicken School.

    • As of November, 2015, the site plan proposal for the new apartment complex that had been proposed for the southern portion of the Grace Bible Church property has been withdrawn.  For the latest information, check the South Maple Group website: www.southmaple.org.
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