Report to Clark's Restaurant and Marina in Port O'Connor at 8:00 a.m. Go to "Workday Schedules" for more information on how to get there and what to bring.

It will take a couple of trips to get everyone over to the island in the new Audubon boat, the Egret II. We will be planting trees and perhaps installing a cistern to catch fresh water runnoff from the tractor shed for the new plants.

I have been busy recruiting volunteers to help start new trees from cuttings for the bird sanctuary. Mesquite, Hackberry, Salt Cedar, and Lantana all thrive on Sundown Island. Several weekends ago, my daughters (Connie Knepp, Bonnie Fluitt, and Peggy Wilkinson) and Marcy Crowe (our Webmaster) helped to root ten crates of Lantana (above right) created by cuttings from the Bar-B-Q place down the street in Port O'Connor.

The staff at the City of Baytown Parks is rooting Hackberry for us to plant on the 19th. Dr. Lin, Director of the Environmental Division at Formosa Plastics is rooting Salt Cedar trees, like the one that I have in my hand in these photos. Creating good habitat for Colonial Water Birds requires providing lots of trees and bushes for protection and for nests.