Friends of Tugman – January 2024 Report
The Friends of Tugman (aka The Tuggers) typically meet every other Wednesday from 10:00 am – 12 noon somewhere in Tugman Park. Exact time and park location is dependent on weather conditions and current project(s).
- We held one regularly scheduled bi-weekly volunteer work event in January: 1/10; the other bi-weekly event scheduled for 1/24 was cancelled due to the aftermath of the ice storm which closed neighborhood parks
- January 10th highlights: we planted numerous native plants provided by the Parks and Open Space – Native Plant Nursery in one of the shelter area beds and the basketball court bed; trash pick-up park-wide was accomplished
- The tree planting event in the spray play area scheduled for Saturday, January 27th with P&OS, Tuggers and the SEHS EG 350 Club was cancelled due to the ice storm and the re-allocation of P&OS resources to areas of concern dealing with storm damage mitigation. This event is postponed indefinitely but will most likely occur sometime in Spring.
- Prior to the cancellation of the 1/27 event, a few Tuggers met with three P&OS folks on 1/4 to further discuss the plot plan and tree species to be planted in the former spray play area. Whereas most decisions were made, the Tuggers will propose some new amendments to the location and species of trees now that this project has been delayed.
- On 1/26, four Tuggers and a nearby neighbor cut, removed, and piled a large amount of fallen tree/limb debris from the ice storm. The main locations were the native plant beds in the central and north sections of the park. We also removed debris from Tugman Creek and pruned vegetation over the north bridge to allow safe passage.
- Our regularly scheduled bi-weekly Wednesday volunteer work events for February 2024 are: 2/7 & 2/21 (10:00 am – 12 noon).