Today City staff, the contractor, and the construction manager walked the reach of the stream between the weir and the first place the trail crosses the stream downstream of the weir, talking in detail about vegetation removal. The contractor now knows what vegetation is to be removed and what is to remain. To let the equipment operators easily see what is to be done, bright paint was sprayed on trees that are coming out. In addition to removing a lot of non-natives (mostly Brazilian pepper and privet), these removals will open up the stream to sunlight, making it possible to grow shrubs below the tree canopy and further strengthening the stream banks.
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