Pierce Conservation District outlines restoration plan, volunteer events at Nelson Nature Park

Brian Mullman, habitat stewardship program manager for the Pierce Conservation District, told the Edgewood Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Feb. 12 that his office has begun a multi‑year restoration effort at Nelson Nature Park focused on riparian and wetland habitat.

“My name is Brian. I work with Pierce Conservation District as the habitat stewardship program manager,” Mullman said, and described a first season of activity that included seven total activities and four volunteer events that together drew about 77 participants. Mullman said the four volunteer events averaged “closing in on 20 folks per event.”

Mullman said the district removed large stands of invasive blackberry in 2024 and is now moving into “resurgence, prevention” and planting phases. He presented a three‑zone planting concept developed by…