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Board reviews Environmental Solutions plan to clear vines and dead growth in NWRA‑33 wetland
Summary
Heritage Pines supervisors heard and discussed an Environmental Solutions scope to remove dead shrubs and branches, cut and treat vines, and hand‑pull weeds in the NWRA‑33 wetland buffer; the Board contrasted that handwork approach with a forestry mulcher alternative.
Chair Kathleen Lonergan read the Environmental Solutions scope of work for wetland NWRA‑33 during the Feb. 18, 2025 meeting, describing targeted removal and control measures along the perimeter.
Lonergan read that the task includes “removal and disposal of several dead or dying bushes around the perimeter and wetland NWRA‑33, specifically including the two dead oak and maple tree branches, southwest portion of the area, adjacent to water lilies,” and that crews would attempt to knock back vines “by both cutting at the water level and selective use of herbicide.” The scope notes ES cannot eliminate canopy vines but will meaningfully reduce them and will hand‑pull standing weeds and use weed‑wacking where equipment placement prevents mowing.
District Manager Chuck Adams explained the ES approach is more hand‑work intensive and generally more aesthetic, while the A‑Z proposal uses a forestry mulcher that grinds everything. The Board confirmed the previously approved ES proposal (with amendments) will proceed for work inside NWRA‑33.
Board members assigned follow‑up coordination to the District Engineer and Grounds Superintendent Tim Gatz to confirm the precise limits of work and to ensure hazardous or privately owned trees are not removed without proper authority.
