Fall 2024

Herbicide treatment was applied on all buckthorn over the seven acre wooded space area of the park. Treating this aggressive invasive species will open up light and space to assist in the establishment of the 10,000 seedlings we planted. Even further, we have had great success over the summer with nearby seed sources naturally seeding in on the site (natural regeneration).

Upcoming work: We lost several more oak trees due to drought stress and twolined chestnut borer in the park over the summer of 2024. We will be removing multiple dead oak trees that pose a future risk to our trail.

Otherwise, staff will mostly be taking a step back on management outside of one annual herbicide treatment of buckthorn in the fall for the foreseeable future.

Interesting note: about 90% of the seedlings we planted in the spring have survived the summer and are in good condition. This was very exciting for us to see, given we were anticipating a survival rate of about 50%.