Volunteers remove downed tree near Cozine Creek bridge

Pictured above are the volunteers who donated their time (and muscles!) to cut up a large downed tree near the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30, 2024. From left to right are Volunteer Chair Don Dyer, along with Nancy Vaughn, Roger Pence, and Mike & Ester Jewett. Not pictured: Vivien Pence and Peggy Rouse.

Seven Shadowood volunteers cut up a large downed tree at the west end of the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30, 2024.

The volunteer team also cut up many other storm-downed limbs and delivered a trailer-full of tree cuttings to the Recology facility.

They stacked piles of free firewood along the walkway adjacent to the bridge, available on a first-come basis.

Participating in the effort were Volunteer Chair Don Dyer, along with volunteers Nancy, Roger, Mike and Ester.

Not only did the volunteers clean up a hazard, they also saved Shadowood Greenway residents hundreds of dollars that would have otherwise gone to contractors, Dyer said.

Shadowood volunteers cut up a large downed tree at the west end of the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Shadowood volunteers cut up a large downed tree at the west end of the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Shadowood volunteers cut up a large downed tree at the west end of the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30.
Shadowood volunteers cut up a large downed tree at the west end of the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30.
Free firewood was left along the pathway for anyone who wanted it.
Volunteers who cut up a large downed tree near the Cozine Creek bridge on Saturday, March 30, 2024. From left to right are Volunteer Chair Don Dyer, along with Nancy Vaughn, Roger Pence, and Mike & Ester Jewett.