Boardwalk Removal & Elevation

About ten volunteers worked with Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary staff member Andrew Wood to raise the "Scrub shrub Boardwalk," where a length of it had sunk low into the marsh near the railroad bed trail.  The volunteers successfully raised it and placed two new 4 X 4 inch posts into the mud. The volunteers also trimmed the boardwalk edges of vegetation. Another group of ten volunteers worked with Chris Swarth to remove about eighty feet of old, disrepaired boardwalk extending off the north side of the railroad bed. Volunteers used sledge hammers, crowbars, hammers and other tools to pull old posts from the mud and to remove about thirty feet of old planks. This was very muddy, hot and strenuous work. Originally we thought we might have to cut all the posts (since they might be too embedded to pull), but these guys adopted a "never say die" attitude and about 95% of the posts were pulled. Fantastic job and the marsh looks much better for this work.

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