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Committee urges townwide outreach after burning-bush removals; cites new state sale restriction

Simsbury Open Space Committee · November 6, 2025
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Committee members summarized volunteer removal work and urged a coordinated public-awareness campaign after a member reported a state law will phase out retail sale of burning bush in three years.

Open Space Committee members described recent volunteer removal work and discussed an outreach push to reduce spread of invasive ornamental plants — particularly burning bush (Euonymus alatus).

A member reported a removal event at Onion Mountain Park that included Boy Scouts, high-school volunteers and honor students, and said volunteers removed many plants on town lands. The member said private properties still show large numbers…

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