The Lake County Forest Preserve District (Owner) conducts removal of invasive woody species as part of a Land Management Program to restore and enhance woodlands, savannas, prairies and wetlands to increase the health, diversity, and sustainability of flora and wildlife populations and to restore or enhance ecosystem services.

Work shall include cutting, brush pile burning if necessary, and, selective wick herbicide application to cut stumps and follow-up foliar wick application to resprouts and small stems.

The work is at Lakewood Forest Preserve in Wauconda, IL within the dedicated McLean Woods and Wetlands Nature Preserve. The goal of this project is to remove exotic and invasive woody species from remnant tree lines from the former row crop agricultural landscape.

Work shall include mechanical and hand cutting (chain saws, hand saws, tracked skid-loaders, forestry mowers, feller bunchers, etc.), selective wick herbicide application to cut stumps and follow-up wick foliar application to resprouts. The primary methodology is anticipated to be forestry mowing with some follow up hand clearing.