Heritage Village Vegetation Thinning
Channel: Pinellas County
Date: 06/02/2012

Pinellas County's Heritage Village recently received a "haircut" of sorts.  A mechanized technique called vegetation thinning was employed to clear the overgrown stands of palmetto and other underbrush.  The mechanized method replaces nature's way of clearing dense undergrowth: fire.  Find out how the ecosystem at Heritage Village depends on fire and why its mechanized replacement is preferred at this Pinellas jewel.