Derecho Damage and Clean Up – Thank you FOREVER, Jay Stockhausen
The Derecho of 2020 seemed to pick and choose its disastrous path across the state and, unfortunately, steered sustained 80+ mph winds into our woods, bringing devastation.
We lost over 15 very large mature trees and the forest floor was littered with outstretched and twisted limbs.
The cost to hire a professional to address the 2-3 trees that naturally fall each year in the park is about $3,000. Cleaning up after the massive devastation caused by the August 10, 2020 derecho was simply not in our pocketbook.
We will be indebted for infinity for the skill, dedication and kindness of Jay Stockhausen, who appeared monthly with a fueled-up and sharp chainsaw and spent a weekend with us sawing trees and stacking limbs, creating a two-story burn pile.
We have collected the tree trunks to make jumps and carved logs and lumber (more on that coming soon) for jumps – the ultimate recycling.
Kick on Catalpa!
~ Susan