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Parks department reports land-management plan progress: prescribed burns, shaded fuel breaks and community outreach
Summary
Parks and Recreation reported progress on the Land Management Program, including prescribed burns, pile-burns and shaded fuel-breaks, and discussed priorities for vegetation management contracts, community notification and partnerships such as the Austin Civilian Conservation Corps.
Parks and Recreation staff briefed the Climate, Water, Environment and Parks Committee on the city’s Land Management Program, the department’s wildfire-risk and ecosystem-restoration priorities, and recent implementation work.
Assistant Director Jody Jay introduced program manager Matt McCall and Division Manager Amanda Ross, who described the land-management plan adopted by council and subsequent activity. McCall said the city manages roughly 13,000 acres of natural-area parkland in scattered parcels and that many areas are degraded after decades of human activity. He said the department adopted a two-pronged strategy of active ecological restoration and targeted…
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