https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8 How hard it is to “put it all back together again.” Upload a picture of your restored habitat and tell us what habitat you designed. en-us 2021-02-05 15:47:31 UTC 2025-06-01 22:14:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f95a.png mcavey2 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1168908494 I am not an artist but I created a forest with a small stream following through to was unfortunately disturbed during construction of a neighboring housing development. The company restored the forested area but it doesn't look like the forest it once was. ]]> 2021-02-05 16:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1168908494 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1168987829 I cannot draw! I chose a forest with a pond that was affected by a fire and this is the same forest years later.]]> 2021-02-05 16:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1168987829 mcavey2 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169200352 Welcome to the Brown Fish Forest. This beautiful, tranquil forest is at risk as a housing development begins nearby. ]]> 2021-02-05 16:59:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169200352 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169317653 Beaver and Duck Pond, Humpty-Dumptied.

My poor duck family got separated!!! :(]]> 2021-02-05 17:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169317653 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169330562 After - additions of new trees and grasses

Update - my poor new environment leaves a lot to be desired. Trees are overgrown, water is everywhere. It’s not good.]]> 2021-02-05 17:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169330562 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169361865 After Picture: My sons favorite spot behind our house. Dirt bikes cross over the creek and there are cement boulders with rebar in them, the minnows hang out under the boulders and in the small currents created by the rocks and leaf litter debris build ups. ]]> 2021-02-05 17:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169361865 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169373202 My sons favorite spot to be in the woods where the creek runs through, very muddy. When water level is low, high banks on wither side, and you can see bird and squirrel prints in the mud, dirt bike and pedal bike tracks. Lots of natural boulders and manmade concrete debris. ]]> 2021-02-05 17:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169373202 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169375190 this is restored picture of the bay on one side the Potomac river on the other and the meadows and wetlands in between]]> 2021-02-05 17:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169375190 sjrohwe https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169384523 My meadow has been disturbed! ]]> 2021-02-05 17:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169384523 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169613708 I used window swap as I was hoping to leave the snow behind temporarily! I found this really beautiful backyard garden in Petite Rivière, Canada. It was wonderful- it felt like there was a nice balance of purposeful planting and some natural growth. ]]> 2021-02-05 18:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169613708 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169617387 Before habitat of my pond and stream]]> 2021-02-05 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169617387 ktomester https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169622140 2021-02-05 18:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169622140 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169627223 2021-02-05 18:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169627223 ktomester https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169630808 My restored habitat has puddles of water interspersed among bits of vegetation....and birds!

]]> 2021-02-05 18:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169630808 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169661180 2021-02-05 18:26:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169661180 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169663929 my broken habitat]]> 2021-02-05 18:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169663929 ashepherd36 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169706069 2021-02-05 18:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169706069 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169740698 My original forest view]]> 2021-02-05 18:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169740698 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169774212 My forest view of cut wonders ]]> 2021-02-05 18:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169774212 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169782604 Original was a field with two grazing cows]]> 2021-02-05 18:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169782604 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169797890 Trees are overgrown .... water from the pond is not filtering ... it’s a hot mess.]]> 2021-02-05 18:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169797890 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169813270 2021-02-05 18:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169813270 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169819152 Snow scene: Buckeye Trail at Cylburn (chalk and dry pastels on black paper)

]]> 2021-02-05 18:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169819152 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169837153 2021-02-05 19:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169837153 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169851074 Mine is actually MORE beautiful, since I used watercolors. Abstract.]]> 2021-02-05 19:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169851074 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169853019 2021-02-05 19:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169853019 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169856616 I can't get the pictures uploaded - but my picture was almost pretty good because the pieces were being matched by size! But there were some pieces in the wrong place even though sizes matched! lol!  ]]> 2021-02-05 19:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169856616 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169879919 Dredging boat removing sediment from the river bottom and keeping the river accessible, making space for higher than normal tides, and protecting animal habitats. ]]> 2021-02-05 19:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169879919 https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169891440 2021-02-05 19:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mcavey2/dq9q56335hsuqq8/wish/1169891440