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Board outlines Environmental Solutions' plan to thin vegetation in NWRA‑33 wetland
Summary
Chair Kathleen Lonergan read an amended Environmental Solutions scope for NWRA‑33: remove dead/dying bushes around the wetland perimeter, remove certain dead oak and maple branches, kill back vines at waterline and use selective herbicide, and hand‑pull weeds where equipment cannot operate; material over 5 inches in diameter will not be removed.
Chair Kathleen Lonergan, Chair, read the amended Environmental Solutions (ES) scope of work for wetland area NWRA‑33 and said the corrections were made and resubmitted so work can proceed. Lonergan summarized ES's limitations, including a restriction that "nothing larger than 5" in diameter can be removed" from the wetland and that canopy vines cannot be fully eliminated, though crews will "knock them back meaningfully."
The ES scope, as read into the record, describes removal and disposal of several dead or dying bushes around the perimeter and wetland NWRA‑33, specifically addressing two dead oak and maple branches in the southwest portion adjacent to water lilies, attempts to kill back vines by cutting at water level and selective herbicide use, and hand pulling and weedwacking where mechanical mowing is impractical. District Manager Chuck Adams contrasted ES's hand‑work approach with A‑Z Tree Service's forestry mulcher method and said ES work will likely be more aesthetically pleasing in targeted areas.
Board discussion noted that the District Engineer — not present at the meeting — coordinated with ES on the scope and will make determinations about removal of larger material or trees inside wetland areas. The board approved proceeding with the ES corrections as submitted to allow the NWRA‑33 work to move forward.
