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Conservation manager highlights invasive-plant work, prescribed burns and prairie restoration
Summary
Tom, Muskego’s conservation land manager, briefed the Parks and Conservation Committee on invasive species control (buckthorn, phragmites, garlic mustard), prescribed burning, prairie reconstruction and volunteer opportunities across 28 conservation sites and other protected acres in the city.
Tom (conservation staff) presented an overview of Muskego’s conservation land management program at the committee’s June meeting, describing invasive-plant removal, prescribed burns, prairie reconstruction and community involvement across the city’s conservation holdings.
Tom said Muskego has 28 conservation sites totaling about 580 acres; he added that the Wisconsin DNR owns roughly 1,000 acres in the broader community and that private conservancy land exceeds 500 acres. He emphasized that remnants of pre-settlement prairie and oak savanna still…
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