WOODBURY, MN (WNN) – In this week’s ASK WNN we’re focusing on forestry and brush management in local parks.
Rebecca M. writes, “Recently, at Prairie Ridge Park and Andy’s Bark Park significant removal of underbrush has occurred. Why such a significant change? Is it due to safety, buckthorn removal, removal of fuel for future fires, or something else? It has drastically changed the look and vibe of these places and not necessarily for the better.”
Woodbury Senior Community Relations Coordinator Jason Egerstrom says Rebecca’s ideas are on target. He tells Woodbury News Net, “The brush removal at Andy’s Bark Park and Prairie Ridge Park is targeting invasive species vegetation. Following brush removal, the areas will be reseeded with native vegetation and managed to limit weed growth while the native understory vegetation starts to grow in. Unmanaged invasive brush negatively impacts existing overstory trees and prevents forests from naturally regenerating by shading the ground layer.”
Egerstrom added the work supports a goal identified in the city’s Environmental Stewardship Plan (Greenspace and Ecosystems chapter). The city is targeting an average of 100 acres of restoration of native plant growth annually by 2035.
More information about native vegetation project and the Stewardship plan are in the links below:
www.woodburymn.gov/556/Native-Landscaping-Projects.
www.woodburymn.gov/999/Environmental-Stewardship-Plan
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