Glenn - Barton Hills Neighborhood Association

Barton Creek Greenbelt Workday, Sat. Sept. 25

September 7, 2010 by Glenn

BARTON CREEK GREENBELT WORK DAY
Saturday, September 25, Spyglass Trail Entry, 9:00 – 12:30

Hello Greenbelt Fans,

We all made it through the hot summer, the endangered birds completed another nesting season, and we have clearance to go after the invasive plant population again. September 25 is National Public Lands Day, and we will be celebrating this much-loved greenbelt by tending to its ecological health.

Our primary task will be to continue removing Ligustrum trees (both big-leaf Japanese Ligustrum and small-leaf Chinese Ligustrum), Nandina shrubs, and Chinaberry trees. We will have numerous teams working on this task, along both sides of the main trail from near the Spyglass entry to Campbell’s Hole. We’ll be working with crew leaders with chainsaws, to remove the largest trees, and in groups using hand saws and weed wrenches to remove the smaller plants. The downed biomass will be cut up and stacked into tight windrows, to slow any rain runoff into the creek. We will also have a group doing litter pick up along the trail and in the creek bed near the rock flats.

Thanks to the Austin Parks Foundation and an Impact Austin grant and the Hill Country Conservancy, there will also be numerous other groups working on invasives removal on the main trail by the Zilker access. And there will be a free lunch provided after the work day at Zilker Park near the Zilker access trailhead.

Please sign up to work with the Greenbelt Guardians on this work day, Saturday, September 25, from 9:00 – 12:30. We will have a sign-in table at the Spyglass Trail entry, at the corner of Barton Skyway and Spyglass Drive. RSVP to this invitation, and ALSO sign-up on the Austin Parks Foundation website, to get counted for the free lunch.

http://connect.austinparks.org/site/Calendar/890488027?view=Detail&id=101844

Click on “register online” and then scroll down to Spyglass Invasives Removal with the Greenbelt Guardians to sign up with our team.

We’re looking forward to another great work day.

Glee Ingram
Greenbelt Guardians Coordinator
(512) 443-7522
gleeful@earthlink.net

Neighborhood Watch Orientation/Training Meeting August 24

August 16, 2010 by Glenn

Neighborhood Watch Sign

Program: Neighborhood Watch: Why, What and How
August 24, 7:00 to 8:30 PM
St. Marks Church (see map)
(Corner of Barton Skyway and Barton Hills Drive)

The Barton Hills Neighborhood Watch Program will be conducting a general orientation and training session at St. Marks Church on Tuesday, August 24th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. All Barton Hills, Zilker and Barton Oaks residents interested in learning how to make our neighborhoods a crime free community are invited to attend this important meeting.

Basic orientation to the program will be provided so that you can become a valuable part of the solution to reducing criminal activity in our neighborhood. Current Neighborhood Watch volunteers are also encouraged to attend to enhance and refresh your observation skills, home safety awareness, and to meet other volunteers and share knowledge. Representatives from the Austin Police Department will be on hand to assist in the information and training segments and to answer your individual questions concerning crime prevention.

Crime may be a problem, but we are the solution. Together we can and will make criminal activity in Barton Hills, Zilker and Barton Oaks a very risky business.

I hope to see you on the 24th.

John Luther, Chair
BHNA Neighborhood Watch Program