Working quickly in anticipation of the January thaw, Parks Department foresters cut down small Norway maples in the south section of Blackstone Park Conservation District on Paterson Street. City Forester Doug Still plans to replace the invasive maples with small saplings of native species such as red oak.
In the popular center section of the Park, foresters cut a few more Norway maples and pruned dead branches at the edge of the woodland at Parkside. The branches were ground up into chips to be used on trails. Most of the maples were cut into eight-foot lengths that will come in handy for lining paths on the next spring trail day.
