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Photos: End of the season at Palisades-Kepler
Nov. 9, 2019 5:27 pm, Updated: Nov. 9, 2019 6:19 pm
Friends of Palisades-Kepler State Park organized the fall cleanup, during which more than 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the sprint. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall.
Caleb Bartlett, 9, of Boone laughs as he falls into a pile of leaves from a tarp carried by his cousins at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Desirae Moses, 9, and her mother Staniel Henderson of Blairstown rake leaves onto a tarp to be carried into the forest at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Leaves land in a pile during a volunteer cleanup event at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Mack Thurn, 4, of Mount Vernon uses a leaf blower while volunteering with his parents at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Mack's grandmother, Gail Brown, is President of the Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park, which organized the fall cleanup. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Navarre Wigmore, 12, of Blairstown rakes leaves into the forest at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Caleb Bartlett of Boone, 9 (left), his cousin Jeremiah Bartlett, 7, of Solon, and other siblings carry a tarp full of leaves at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Caleb's father, Andy Bartlett, now works for the DNR at Ledges State Park and previously worked at the Palisades, so when the family was looking for an activity he found the event online. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
A volunteer rakes leaves at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Leaves land in a pile during a volunteer cleanup event at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Caleb Bartlett of Boone, 9 (left), and his cousin Jeremiah Bartlett, 7, of Solon, rake leaves with their siblings and fathers at Palisades-Kepler State Park in Mount Vernon on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. Caleb's father, Andy Bartlett, now works for the DNR at Ledges State Park and previously worked at the Palisades, so when the family was looking for an activity he found the event online. Friends of Palisades-Kapler State Park organized the fall cleanup, in which approximately 30 volunteers raked leaves from the campground into the forest to allow grass to come up in the spring. The group started in 2018 and was granted nonprofit status this fall. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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