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Village ecologist updates trustees on woodland protections, cost‑share program and oak decline
Summary
Consulting ecologist Steve Zimmerman briefed the board on mapped woodland types in Riverwoods, the village's 10‑year stewardship plan, a cost‑share program that averages roughly $55,000 per year in resident reimbursements, and signs of oak decline tied to wet springs and other stresses.
Consulting ecologist Steve Zimmerman presented a wide-ranging update March 4 on Riverwoods's woodlands, the village's woodland/tree ordinance, the 10‑year woodland stewardship plan and an ecological cost‑share program that reimburses residents for restoration projects.
Zimmerman reviewed a village map that divides Riverwoods into several woodland communities — floodplain, mesic, dry‑mesic and savanna — and highlighted "northern flatwoods," a wet woodland dominated by swamp white oak that he described as a globally threatened ecosystem found throughout the village. He said the village prepared parcel maps so residents and…
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