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Annapolis staff, consultants present plan to seed pollinator meadow at city solar park
Summary
City consultants proposed a multi-year plan to establish roughly 18 acres of native meadow and pollinator habitat at the Annapolis Solar Park on Defense Highway; implementation depends on Maryland Department of the Environment monitoring sign‑offs and involves herbicide-based site preparation with a plan to minimize off‑site impacts.
City staff and outside consultants on April 10 presented a draft plan to establish native pollinator meadow habitat at the Annapolis Solar Park, a capped landfill and fenced solar field at 420 Defense Highway.
The consultant, Larry Wiener Landscape Associates, described a phased, multi‑year effort to treat existing vegetation, seed native mixes and manage the new meadow through targeted mowing and spot herbicide treatments. Jackie Guile, Deputy City Manager for Resilience and Sustainability, said the city has budgeted funds for design and that the current consultant contract used about $12,000 of the $105,000 allocated for the project’s first year.
The consultants recommended staying off slopes steeper than 15% to avoid disturbing the landfill cap and leaving at least a 10‑foot offset from solar panels inside the fence.…
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