About a month ago (see earlier post)—–we described the reclamation efforts underway in Lyman Lakes, where the two islands have suffered much erosion of banks.
Here is a photo to show the considerable progress made since then. The biologs are in place, creating a wall about four feet high at the new perimeters of the islands, and the littoral zone has been filled in with large amounts of mixed compost, sand and soil, and tamped down. Also the new prairie plantings have been placed.
Meanwhile, new visitors have appeared on the shores in these recent weeks of reclamation: little green herons (Butorides virescens) have taken advantage of the new shallow zones to feed on minnows. Ed
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