Parks & Natural Resources
Land Management This week staff was very busy addressing maintenance issues. The past few years our area has experienced repeated, heavy storm activity. These storms, the associated high wind and salt intrusion as well as the very dry atmospheric conditions in the wake of the storms have combined to impact many of our trees. The legacy of these storms are many dead trees. Dead pines can be a source of food and shelter for many natives including; beetles, lizards and woodpeckers. For this and other reasons land management staff have left the trees in place to serve multiple ecological purposes. Over time, some of these tress pose a potential hazard to our guests and so staff spent time addressing the potential limb fall risks to maintain safety within our parks. In addition to these activities staff also conducted gopher tortoise surveys on multiple properties. Exotic/invasive treatments this week include snake plant removal and melaleuca treatment. Staff also completed an asset inventory for records and continued routine mowing operations on multiple properties.
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