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Parks board trims Miller’s Bay restoration area, authorizes volunteers to salvage plantings
Summary
After a presentation by Urban Ecology Oshkosh, the Parks Board agreed to reduce the Miller’s Bay restoration footprint to two salvageable patches, authorize immediate plant rescue and continue discussions about relocating or expanding native plantings; the board voted to proceed with a reduced site and further planning.
Urban Ecology Oshkosh volunteers described problems and options for the Miller’s Bay shoreline restoration site during the June 9 Advisory Parks Board meeting and the board voted to reduce the maintained area and continue working with the volunteer group on future planning.
Shannon Davis Sloust, co‑manager for the Miller’s Bay site and a volunteer with Urban Ecology Oshkosh, summarized the planting history. Friends of Menominee Park Shoreland installed the initial prairie and shoreline plantings beginning in 2011; volunteers later added plugs and moved some taller plant species to the pump‑house location. Sloust said the site has been overtaken in many places by…
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