Parks & Natural Resources
Land Management
This week staff continued maintenance operations including mowing, weed management and trail maintenance. Nearly half a mile of trails were trimmed and cleared to provide open line of sight. This is important to our guests but also improves safety. Additional operations include exotic/invasive plant treatments with nearly 14 acres treated. Properties treated include Oyster Creek Environmental Park, Charlotte Flatwoods Environmental Park and Tippecanoe and Tippecanoe II. E/I (exotic/invasive) species targeted this week include; B.pepper, Madagascar Periwinkle, guinea grass, rosary pea, air potato, balsam apple and wedelia. Many of these individual treatments were for small areas in terms of size. This is the result of consistent and ongoing E/I operations. One such area was only .05 of an acre but in terms of square footage it’s over 2000 square feet! In recent years land management staff have consistently put diligent effort into integrated pest management and the results are evident. On our environmental Parks and Preserves the treatment areas are fewer and smaller in size. Land management staff also conducted a gopher tortoise survey of nearly 4.5 acres at Oyster Creek Environmental Park. This survey was conducted as part of a baseline survey but also in preparation of upcoming planned vegetative reduction operations.
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