{"id":15755,"date":"2025-11-13T09:56:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15755"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:56:46","slug":"skywatch-friday-keystone-ancient-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=15755","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday – Keystone Ancient Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So last weekend I was part of a group of people that worked on the trails at the Keystone Ancient Forest<\/strong><\/a> in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. The organization that I volunteer with, the Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition<\/strong><\/a>, sponsored the trail day and a big part of the community responded, especially a ton of students from the University of Tulsa. We split everyone up into three groups to do lopping of branches intruding on the trail, replacing trail flagging so people don’t get lost, and blowing leaves off the trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After getting organized we headed out to work. The weather was perfect. I led a lopping crew on one of the trails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The students didn’t lollygog around, they got right to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We probably did a mile or so of trail lopping until we headed back. We wanted to get everyone back by 11:30 or so. You don’t want to wear out your volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Keystone Ancient Forest<\/strong><\/a> is a preserve with ancient trees. Some of the cedars are 500 years old and there are 300 year old post oak trees on the property. It has an ancient and peaceful feeling to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition<\/strong><\/a> got its start as an activist organization joining with other groups in a successful effort to fend off an outlet mall from being built on Turkey Mountain. Since then, the organization has pivoted to being an advocate for wild spaces in the Tulsa area and participates in and sponsors environmental education activities. We also do six or so trail cleanup days per year at various public wild areas in and around Tulsa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a day well spent. The park staff seemed very happy with the work that was accomplished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m linking with Skywatch Friday<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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