Garberia begins blooming; tree trash remains

I took a walk to check on things this afternoon.
Most of the fall flowers such as Liatris and Balduinia are mostly past their prime. Carphephorous is still  coming in. Garberia is just beginning to bloom in scattered spots.
Lopsided Indian Grass has dropped most of its colorful seeds.
The  large pile of tree debris from the north fence line remains. No evidence the site has been visited by FWC.
I found one Chinese tallow tree along west fence line. I need to get out and clip it. The trunk is on the other side of the fence on CSX property.    

More dumping followup

I went out again this week and moved more of the dumped tree debris to the pile next to the fence.

I have heard nothing further from FWC about any enforcement or debris removal.

I also cut some tree limbs to reopen some paths in the north tract.

I plan to come in and gradually conduct some trash removal along the fire lanes. 

Followup on dumping issue

Today I contacted FWC law enforcement staff about the dumping. I was told they will look into it.
I also got a response from Bill Parken,  Ridge Rangers coordinator,  acknowledging my report and passing it on to management staff.
They can take it from here. I've done my part.

Fall Color Arrives

The arrival of fall here is a colorful event. The most noticeable  patches are the Balduinia and October Flower.

Some Liatris and Carphepherous are beginning to bloom.
Lopsided Indian Grass is blooming, too.
It's a great time to walk around and enjoy the season.  

Tree clearing and tree piles

If you want to get an idea of how much tree work occurred in the adjacent lot, compare this 2014 aerial of the lot with what  it looked like this week.
Blue line denotes adjacent lots boundary.
I spent some time yesterday hauling all of the tree limbs consisting primarily of Cherry Laurel and Brazilian Pepper from inside the wooded area south of the fire lane to a spot near the fence where some of the neighbor's tree removal occurred.
I plan to pursue this issue with FWC next week.  This is obviously criminal dumping. 

More dumping from the neighbors

While I was out today GPSing a couple of Blue-tailed Mole Skink records and
checking on the survival  of this year's Scrub Lupine seedlings (0 percent), I noticed a large amount of Cherry Laurel and Brazilian Pepper  tree removal debris spread over a good portion of the edge area.

I talked to a couple of neighbors, who claimed to have seen the dumping and would ask the property owner to go in and remove the trash.

We'll see. I reported the incident to FWC. There was also some dumping of household garbage, but it was relatively minor compared to the tree debris.