DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Dauphin County park known as a woodland oasis might look a little empty.
Large clearings have appeared in recent days at the 411-acre Detweiler Park, where trees once formed a canopy over trails. The brown landscape may shock some visitors to the park.
But it’s only the start of an effort to remove just over 90 acres of growth, said Anthea Stebbins, director of Dauphin County Parks and Recreation. Both mechanical and targeted herbicide applications are being used to clear autumn olive, bush honeysuckle, multiflora rose, bittersweet and Japanese stilt grass — all invasive species.
The Friends of Detweiler Park, a nonprofit supporting the park, is spearheading the project after receiving funding through a Federal Natural Resources Conservation Services Grant. It applied for the grant after recommendations in 2020 from the Park Master Site Plan and Forest Stewardship Plan…