2005 Fall Workday - SundownIsland's Photos

Fall 2005 Workday on Sundown Island

SundownIsland > This is the view as you first approach Sundown Island--the windmill and the dock, now sanded in from the dredging projected. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > A new crew arrives. Linda Barley (ski cap) and Lynn Travis prepare to follow Chester Smith to shore. Dave Barley (baseball cap) gets ready to go pick up another group of volunteers. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Connie Knepp (red plaid) prepares to wade in. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Monique Wells, Linda Olson and daughter Rebekah try to dry off after a wet ride to the island. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Andy (left) and Abe Moore (Texas Parks & Wildlife) listen to Chester Smith talk about different areas on the island. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Nicole Janak (left) and Monique Wells try to find a dry spot for their gear before heading to one of the work locations. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Lynn Travis and Connie Knepp set up camp before the rest of the volunteers arrive. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Another boat load of volunteers arrive in the Audubon boat, the Egret II. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Gary Eskelson gets ready to toss the anchor after picking up the last group of Devon volunteers. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Jarrod White, Richard Brietzke and Gary Eskelson start unloading the boat. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > (L to R) Gary Eskelson and daughter Molly, Richard Brietzke, Steve Tripp and Jarrod White unload supplies from the boat, brigade style!

SundownIsland > Jennifer White, Connie Knepp (in background), Molly Eskelson, Steve Tripp, Gary and Brenda Eskelson, Richard Brietzke, and Barbara Van Horn get ready to head out to the work sites. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Ed Olson, Gary Eskelson, and Richard Brietzke load up the tractor to move supplies and equipment to the work sites. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Chester Smith, caught in a rare pensive moment. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > (L to R) Devon volunteers Molly and Brenda Eskelson and Jennifer White roll out plastic sheeting for a new tree plot. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Molly Eskelson stops digging for a moment to pose for a photo taken by Hannah Olson. Both Molly and Hannah have been volunteering on the island since they were... forgive me "knee high to a grasshopper."

SundownIsland > Abe Moore puts a mike on Jennifer White so that he can ask her questions and film while she is working. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Dale Blakeman, Brenda Eskelson and Jennifer White plant new trees while Abe Moore (red shirt) films. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Dale uses some of the water hauled by the tractor to the tree plot to water the new trees. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Abe Moore tags along to film as Linda and Rebekah Olson head out on trash duty. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Nicole Janek (L) and Monique Wells walk the perimeter of the island to pick up trash that could be harmful to the birds. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Ships, like this full tanker passing on workday, cause a lot of the shore erosion on Sundown Island, which sits between three shipping lanes. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Jarrod White finally gets all of the bird poop off of the "No Landing" sand on the dock. He's smiling now...but it took some real elbow grease to clean it up. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Ed Olson (driving) and Steve Tripp head out with supplies for the work sites. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Ed Olson (tractor) returns from a work site, while Richard Brietzke, Barbara Van Horn, and Steve Tripp head out to a new tree plot. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Richard and Barbara install the new "Plot 2" sign. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Richard, Steve and Barbara mark off the new tree plot with pink tape. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Abe adusts his equipment as he interviews Barbara for the Texas Parks & Wildlife documentary on Sundown Island. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > Barbara looks on as Richard pounds a stake into the ground to mark the new plot. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Plot #2... finished! (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Chester and Monique take a walk and talk about Sundown Island while Abe Moore films. Monique Wells works as an environmental scientist at Hill Country Environmental in Austin. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Devon volunteers Jarrod White, Dale Blakeman, Barbara Van Horn and Brenda Eskelson gather at the lunch table. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > Volunteers begin to eat the lunch provided by the workday sponsor, Devon Energy Corp. L to R: Steve Tripp, Jennifer White, Dale Blakeman, Abe Moore and Lynn Travis. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Nicole Janak chats with Chester after lunch. Nicole works for Hill Country Environmental in Austin as an environmental scientist. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > Richard points at the most interesting item found during the beach cleanup. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > A large light bulb...in tact. It probaby came off of a ship. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > Chester visits with his daughter, Linda Barley, during a quiet moment after lunch. (Photo credit: Lynn Travis)

SundownIsland > Molly Eskelson takes a walk down the beach after lunch. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Rebekah (top left) and Hannah Olson take a break after lunch. Both are seasoned volunteers on Sundown Island. They have more volunteer years in than most of us. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Abe Moore sets up for a longer interview with Chester Smith, while volunteers participate and look on. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Abe Moore explains what he expects of the volunteers while he is filming. (L-R: Richard Brietzke, Linda Olson, Andy, Chester Smith, Jarrod White, Hannah Olson, Rebekah Olson, Jennifer White, Linda and Dave Barley, Connie Knepp, Gary and Molly Eskelson. Not pictured: Brenda Eskelson, Barbara Van Horn, Lynn Travis, Ed Olson and Dale Blakeman.

SundownIsland > As Abe Moore films, Chester Smith talks about Sundown Island, its birth, growth and all other problems in between, while volunteers listen. L to R: Monique Wells, Linda Olson, Andy, Chester Smith, Hannah Olson, Rebekah Olson and Linda Barley. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Interview with Chester Smith as Hannah Olson (right) , filmed by Abe Moore with Texas Parks & Wildlife. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > A migrating Monarch Butterfly feeding on a Lantana shrub. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Two very young juvenile Brown Pelicans. Pelicans were still nesting on the island into June this year. These look like they might be part of the last group. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Sanderlings on the West shore of the island. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > A lone Semipalmated Sandpiper. This is one of Sundown Island's annual migratory visitors. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > This one didn't make it. (Photo credit: Hannah Olson)

SundownIsland > Moon Jelly with friends. (Photo credit: Steve Tripp)

SundownIsland > Juvenile Brown Pelican with hook in his bill. Fisherman...watch your lines! They can be hazardous to birds and other critters.

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