[To see photos and stories of the savanna in other years, see the links on the main Twisted Oak Savanna page.]

This year I girdled all the small aspens in the middle of the savanna area.

4/23/2005  These are some of the twisted oaks.  At this time they were still buried back in the woods beyond Ragwort Opening – a small prairie opening surrounded by brushy woods.

5/16/2005  The newly girdled aspens

5/16/2005  The Black Oak, with the girdled aspens beyond