Last week, Ruffner Mountain staff and volunteers, including Lou Pfau, Gottfried Kibelka and Adam Johnston, successfully removed the rotting boardwalk from the wetlands trail.
Special care was taken to ensure the wetlands habitat was left in a healthy condition during and after the demolition.
No animals or plants (minus some jewelweed and cardinal flower) were harmed during the process.
In all, a 30-yard dumpster was filled to the brim with what was once the boardwalk. Visitors can still visit the site and see the ponds from the side closest to Sandstone Ridge, but we ask that you please stay off muddy paths to promote native re-vegetation, such as jewelweed and cardinal flowers.
