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Albany Council adopts seven-phase Albany Hill forest management and habitat restoration plan, authorizes US Forest Service grant application
Summary
The City Council adopted a multi-phase plan to remove and restore eucalyptus stands on Albany Hill, prioritize monarch habitat, and authorized staff to apply for a U.S. Forest Service wildfire-related grant; staff estimated a full build-out cost of roughly $3 million and a 7—10 year timeline.
The Albany City Council on March 3 adopted the Albany Hill Forest Management and Habitat Restoration Plan and authorized staff to apply for a U.S. Forest Service wildfire/community resilience grant to fund initial work.
The plan, developed by city staff with Restoration Design Group (RDG) and multiple agency partners, lays out a seven-phase implementation that alternates eucalyptus removals with native habitat restoration. The city described the approach as adaptive: early phases remove hazardous trees at the site periphery and test replacement tree species, followed by interior restoration and targeted work in the monarch butterfly clustering area only after multi-year monitoring.
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