Copperfield Nature Trails Workday05/17/2008 As it get close to summer it gets too hot to have greenbelt workdays along Walnut Creek, but the Copperfield Nature Trails Group has a few fun tasks on their to do list before the heat comes.  The current workday agenda includes:

• Plant mountain laurel and native plums and maybe a few other plants.
• Dig holes and reset two trail markers in concrete so the vandals can't pull them out again
• Dig holes and install two posts and piece of lattice to support cross vines we planted along the storm drain.
• A few areas of the main trail on the way to Yager need someone to take a pick axe to the ruts left by the 4wheelers to smooth the trail. 
• Mow and weed whack along the "scenic loop" trail and the trail at the Shropshire entrance.
• Whack a 1 inch stump out of the trail somewhere near Shropshire (I trip over it when I run, but then I can't find it on workdays!)
• A few areas along the fence line trail need to be widened by lopping back the cedar branches.

 Date: May 17th    Time:  9am-12pm (noon)Location:  dead-end of Blakeney Lane (NE Austin – 78753) Contact:  copperfield-trails@austin.rr.com or 835-2401 

RESTORE: South Austin Green Belt05/25/2008 Emmaus Austin with Keep Austin Beautiful are sponsoring another East Slaughter Lane Clean Up.  We would like to team up with the citizens of South Austin to help make our corner of the City a more beautiful area to live in and be proud of. Volunteers will spend 2.5 hours on Sunday the April 27th cleaning the green belt back in the Crossing at Onion Creek behind the address 1607 Melissa Oaks, please join us in keeping Austin Green! Date: Sunday, 05/25/08Time:  9:30am – 12:00pmLocation:  Behind 1607 Melissa Oaks in the Crossing at Onion Creek Subdivision in South East Austin, off of Slaughter Lane.Parking:  It is in a residential area, so park along the curb, but PLEASE do not block any drivewaysContact:  Mdh1199@gmail.com  & 512.652.8793

Weed Beds/Prune Plants Neighborhood Green06/08/2008 Bruning Green is a neighbor-maintained green space that was established in 2001 and has been developed into a beautiful little public space with a butterfly bed, path, stone seating walls, and bench. It is very precious to the neighborhood and needs regular maintenance to keep it in top condition.  Please bring work gloves, a pitchfork if you have one, and bottled water for yourself. Contact keeper@northfieldna.org to sign up for one of the work days Date: June 8th   Time:  9am-10amLocation:  Bruning Green @ 52nd, Evans, and Bruning Avenue (N. Central Austin - 78751)Parking:  along neighborhood streets, please be courteous of neighbors and do not block drivewaysContact:  keeper@northfieldna.org to volunteerNote:  Please bring work gloves, a pitchfork if you have one, and bottled water for yourself.