Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Coralville Timber Stand Improvement Project seeks to address non-native invasive species and nonnative tree growth in targeted areas of Coralville forests and to manage these forested stands in a way that encourages native tree populations for future generations to enjoy. This project focuses on the understory growth in the forested stands by manually removing and treating invasive species such as honeysuckle, oriental bittersweet, multiflora rose, burning bush, wild barberry, buckthorn, and other non-native invasive bushes, vines, or young saplings. The City of Coralville seeks to hire a contractor who will use several mechanical techniques including use of a fecon head, brush hog, or in some locations, cutting and treating with an appropriate herbicide. The goal is to greatly reduce these populations and treat for regrowth so that the forested areas can be managed by Coralville forestry staff and the areas can be accessed by the public for outdoor recreation enjoyment.
