A good group today...We all
circled the "mountain" with Susan, Elaine and Gayl taking the Upper Trail
and the rest of us following the lower loop trail. We started in fog
and ended with bright sky and a light breeze. Just under 3 miles
As we were getting into cars to leave a fellow came up and introduced
himself as the Republic Services site manager. He told us a lot about
the way the site had developed and how they are attempting to maintain
it in a responsible fashion. The large, low-lying central area is a
retention pond for storm water and has no connection to the Bay. The
landfill opened in 1953 and was "sealed" in 2010. Now the only additions
are green waste which is added to the "garbage mountain" as a cap.
Most of the plants we saw along the trail were non-native, some from the
green waste additions, some from birds. This is probably better walked
in fall/winter when the migratory flocks are visiting, but there were
lots of seagulls, some egrets and pelicans, and little birds which
departed just as one got them spotted with binoculars. All in all a very
pleasant morning.
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