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Notre Dame Healthcare seeks permission to remove undermining trees along Coal Mine Brook; commission requests site visit
Summary
Representatives for Notre Dame Healthcare asked the Worcester Conservation Commission Sept. 29 for permission to remove trees undermined by erosion along Coal Mine Brook, citing safety concerns and proposing native sapling replacements.
WORCESTER — Representatives for Notre Dame Healthcare presented a notice of intent Sept. 29 seeking permission to remove dozens of trees and two debris dams along Coal Mine Brook where erosion has undermined the south bank, and they proposed native sapling plantings as compensation.
Project wetland scientist Arthur Allen of EcoTech said the brook’s south bank has been badly undercut and that at least four large trees had already fallen; he reported the arborist recommended removal of 28 live…
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