The contractor has started removing vegetation from the sides of the stream and the effect is stunning. Removing a patch of overgrown shrubs opens up a whole area to sunlight and opens vistas that no one has seen in years (maybe decades). In consultation with City staff and the project landscape architect, non-native and selected native vegetation is being removed. As you can see in the photo, natives to be preserved in the midst of exotics to be removed are tagged so the heavy equipment operators can easily see what is what. Some natives have to be removed due to their condition or location, but the vast majority of removals are exotic invasives (privet and pepper). We will be re-using all of the vegetation that is being removed--some tree trunks will be used in or around the stream and everything else is being chipped to use as mulch around the Nature Center.
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