Thinning, fire mitigation work continues in river parks | March 2

Battalion Chief Tom Miller of the Farmington Fire Department points out some of the work that has been done to remove invasive tree species and thin overgrown areas in Berg Park during a walk-through on March 2, 2021.

Cut-up logs are piled in Berg Park in Farmington on March 2, 2021, as part of an effort to remove invasive species and thin overgrown brush to reduce the chances of a catastrophic fire.

Battalion Chief Tom Miller of the Farmington Fire Department prepares to cross a bridge over a drainage in Berg Park on March 2, 2021, while leading a walk-through of the area, which is having overgrown brush thinned and invasive tree species removed.

Tree stumps are visible behind a fence in a formerly overgrown area of Animas Park near the Riverside Nature Center on March 2, 2021.

A pile of mulch from downed trees is pictured in Animas Park in Farmington on March 2, 2021.

A sign is posted at one of the entrances to Berg Park in Farmington on March 2, 2021, alerting visitors to a project that has led to the thinning of overgrown areas of the park and the removal of invasive species.

A project to thin overgrown areas of Animas Park and remove invasive tree species has opened up the view of the duck pond adjacent to the Riverside Nature Center.

The trunks of invasive tree species in Berg and Animas parks in Farmington are treated with an herbicide almost immediately after being cut down, then treated again later after new sprouts emerge.