The goal of this project is to restore prairie and shrubland structure within a 25-acre section of Greenbelt Forest Preserve, North Chicago, IL (Work Site).  The work of this project includes all labor, materials and equipment to remove 100% of non-native trees and shrubs and ~30% reduction of selected large diameter (>18” dbh cottonwood, box elder, willow, silver maples, ash, elm, and others.  Work shall include mechanical and hand cutting (chain saws, hand saws, tracked skid-loaders, feller buncher etc.), girdling, off-site log removal, brush disposal via brush pile burning or chipping, and selective wick herbicide application to cut stumps and follow-up wick foliar application of resprouts. 

The Work shall be performed at the following Work Site:

Greenbelt Forest Preserve

1215 Green Bay Road

North Chicago, IL  60064