Habitat Restoration in Action!

Starting in December of 2022, the Parks and Recreation and Environmental Services and Sustainability departments will recommence the efforts to restore native habitat conditions. The privet control process will be conducted at:

  • Bowling Green Park (forested area located on the eastern side of the channel) starting on December 12;
  • Spencer Road (across from the DME Offices) starting on December 14.


Privet control will consist of cutting the privet shrubs and treating the stump with an IPM approved herbicide. Future control treatments will be performed in the same method by targeting emergent shrubs and privet seedlings located within the forested area.

Ultimately, following the removal activities, PARD will assist in helping to restore the forest understory and improve habitat conditions by possibly applying a native seed mix site-wide and planting various seedlings and native shrubs. This effort to control the Chinese privet may take two to three years, given the current density of the privet.

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