A week later, another group of FFA students planted another 200 oaks.
The planting effort by about 35 students, a few helping on both days, was the culmination of a process that started in 2018 when the schoolâs FFA program was approached by Friends of Fordâs Pond about helping to restore an oak savanna habitat to the west of the former log pond. Blackberry vines and hawthorn bushes had invaded the hillsides.
The 95-acre pond and surrounding 107 acres are undergoing a transformation into an open space, community park. Restoring the oak savanna was one of several projects in the parkâs master plan.
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