Upland Grass Areas Are Enlarged as Part of Biodiversity Project at Willard's Island, Hammonasset State Park

Denise and Hank Trufan, David Houston, and Dick Regan take a break while clearing one of the areas where red-cedars were removed to help reestablish grassland habitation at Willard's Island at Hammonasset State Park. This is one of three areas cleared in October by MAS, the Friends of Hammonasset, and students from Daniel Hand High School and the Shoreline CDS School.

Piles of red-cedars removed from the cleared areas await chipping by the DEP. An area of about 3/4 acre was cleared of the cedars.

MAS Wildlife Chair David Houston planned and organized the project to clear areas of WIllard's Island of the red-cedars that had encroached on the grass areas. It is hoped that the greater diversity of habitat will result in an increase in the number of small mammals on the island. Students from John Gaskell's ecology classes at Daniel Hand high School will be setting small mammal traps to document the population changes.

(See previous story - Biodiversity Project at Willard's Island Hammonasset State Park.)

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