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Residents urge Greene County to clear native-plant beds at library parking to reduce fire risk; supervisors ask staff to follow up

5359280 · January 28, 2025
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Residents told the board that native planting beds at a county library appear overgrown and could pose a fire risk; the board discussed site responsibility under the library MOU and asked staff to press the library for cleanup and consider maintenance alternatives.

Several residents warned the Greene County Board of Supervisors that an area of native plantings near the county library and senior center had become overgrown and could increase wildfire or brush-fire risk.

Joanne Burkholder said she had driven past the library and was "alarmed" by how "shabby" the native planting area looked, and that an earlier cleanup had not produced lasting results. "We have now…

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