Quoting
recent conversations with Angel Mounds curator
Mike Linderman:
DNR Forestry has been marking what they deem as marketable trees that
are
down in the damaged areas. On May 17th, we hope to have a timber sale
of
the damaged areas.
With the money we hope to make off of that sale, we
will go
in and begin a thorough clean up of the area. The areas off of the
levee
are not as important to us as the area along Pollack Ave. and Stacer
Rd., so
the extent of what we clean up is yet to be determined.
We do want the
trails opened up again, and more than likely will interpret the tornado
damage much as they did at Yellowstone after the fires out there years
ago.
Volunteer services will be welcomed after the timber sale and harvest.
We do have to make sure that no damage occurs to the archaeological
aspect of the site, so we may have to move accordingly based on the
weather
conditions. Hopefully by August there will be a big change in the
appearance of the site.