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Land Bank Commission votes to install rhizome barrier, retain bamboo screening at Field of Dreams parcels
Summary
The Land Bank Commission voted to install a rhizome (root) barrier along the eastern property line of four Field of Dreams parcels rather than fully excavating and removing a bamboo stand. Commissioners cited cost (approx. $80,000 for full removal split between landowners) and neighbor-screening value as reasons for the compromise.
The Nantucket County Land Bank Commission voted to install a rhizome barrier to restrain bamboo growth at the Field of Dreams parcels and to defer full excavation and herbicide removal.
Staff presented the parcel map and explained that a continuous bamboo stand runs along the eastern property line on two adjacent parcels the Land Bank and the Wisconsin Trust Co. acquired. Staff said full removal and…
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