The Lake County Forest Preserves is partnering with multiple landowners in an effort to eradicate buckthorn from a large landscape area surrounding Middlefork Savanna Forest Preserve which includes several discrete projects/project areas.

Work for all Project Areas shall include cutting, brush pile burning, chipping (including offsite disposal) and/or log hauling (see project descriptions if scope includes hauling of logs), selective wick herbicide application to cut stumps and follow -up foliar wick application to resprouts and small stems.  Staging, parking, access to the project areas (Work Site) is described for each project in Section 2. Extreme care shall be taken when conducting work within each Work Site to lessen damage to other vegetation.