Community Service - Alepo Pine Removal

For another one of our community service acts we were to cut down a feral tree by the name Alepo Pine. This tree is used as a good wind stopper, but since been used as a good tree, had dramatically spread across the Yorke Peninsula, over populating, and not allowing native plants to grow. This has become a major problem, so it was out job to stop them in their tracks.

We arrived at a strip of road near Minlaton, and Max, our instructer gave us pamphletts and talked to us about Alepo Pines and how to cut them down. After this we were given our cutting implements and we were set off walking down the road, cutting down these trees. We were not to miss one, so we thoroughly went through chopping down trees. They were only small trees though, and didn't take much difficulty.

Later on in the day we came across much larger Alepo Pines and we were to take them out with small saws. We did this, but every tree took longer than expected. As well as cutting down trees, we also took protectors of native trees that had been previously planted and were out growing their gaurds.

I was happy to be a part of taking down these feral trees and hope that our effort helps wiping out this tree. I hope they are all gone by the near future so that they cannot keep destroying our native landscape.