[To see stories and photos from other years, see the links on the main Wetland page.]

1/4/2004  The beavers’ pond above the driveway

3/21/2004  The beavers’ dam

4/17/2004  View of the dam from the other side of the culvert

4/25/2004   This is one of the big springs.    The water makes a pool, and then flows in a small stream through the sedges to the creek.

4/25/2004   Marsh Marigolds

4/25/2004   New spring growth in the sedge meadow

4/25/2004   Sedge meadow at the west end of our land – near the big spring

9/6/2004   Swamp Thistle

9/19/2004   Mike mowed, and then I sprayed a thick patch of Reed Canary Grass along the driveway with glyphosate.

9/26/2004  Fringed Gentians

10/11/2004   View from Sumac Prairie

10/11/2004  My sprayed patch of Reed Canary Grass has all turned brown

10/11/2004  Muskrat in the creek

10/11/2004  Center Valley with the wetland east of the driveway in the foreground.   The dark brownish red is sedge meadow.  The green is Reed Canary Grass – there’s a lot more that I need to get rid of.