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Trails, landscape chairs push to codify mowing schedule to protect wildflowers
Summary
Sarah Gilbert, chair of the landscape committee, told the Trails Committee a standing mowing subcommittee and a published prioritized mowing list could preserve wildflowers while keeping contractor efficiency; members agreed to circulate last year’s list, involve public works and include the plan in the March meeting cycle.
The Portola Valley Trails Committee discussed formalizing mowing priorities to protect wildflower stands and recommended creating a small standing mowing subcommittee to coordinate each year with public works and contractors.
Sarah Gilbert, who identified herself as "the chair of the landscape committee," said the landscape and nature-preserve groups recently merged and have been instrumental in identifying trails to…
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