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Conservation director outlines 37‑acre timber improvement and posts educational video
Summary
Black Hawk County Conservation announced a timber‑stand improvement on about 37 acres in the Black Hawk Creek greenbelt and said it will post a two‑minute educational video explaining harvest, thinning and weed‑tree removal to address public questions.
Mike Hendrickson, director of Black Hawk County Conservation, told the board the department will begin timber‑stand improvement work on a roughly 37‑acre tract in the Black Hawk Creek greenbelt north of Waterloo. He said the work includes three main phases — harvest and thinning, crop‑tree release, and weed‑tree removal — and that bids have been awarded and work will start when the ground freezes.
Hendrickson said the department created a short video to explain the management plan and answer frequently asked questions. "It's about a two‑minute video to try to help educate and answer questions for people when they want to... we do have a version with closed captioning," he said. The county will post the clip on its website and social channels so callers can be directed to it.
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