This is what the area between the 3rd and 4th pedestrian bridges looked like on 10/20/2009. Preliminary clearing had been done to allow equipment access through the stream corridor so the contractor could start removing the muck from the streambed.
And this is what the area looks like today. A tremendous amount of vegetation has been removed from the banks. All debris* is being chipped and the mulch spread on-site. Vegetation has been cleared from the north lake as far downstream as the 4th pedestrian bridge (or rather, where the 4th bridge used to be and will be again). The contractor is being very careful to protect the native vegetation as the exotics and invasives are being removed. The whole stream is being opened up to air and sunlight. The claustrophobic feeling of being choked by the overgrown vegetation is gone.
* One streamside tree was covered with an unknown fungus. As a precaution, that tree was taken to the area south of Willow Street, rather than chipping it up and spreading a fungus that was potentially harmful.
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