The Herring River project's plan for vegetation management states that heavy treaded equipment such as the "Brontosaurus" tree mulcher shown here would be used to clear out trees killed by saltwater inundation.
The following image, from a March 10, 2023 Cape Cod Times article, is captioned: "A massive ProGrind machine sits in the Duck Harbor Beach parking lot in Wellfleet. It is being used to clear an area of forest and shrubbery compromised by saltwater intrusion from a recurring breach at the beach. The article reported that the owner's slogan is "We Eat Trees for Lunch." Click on the image watch a ProGrind mulcher eat a tree.
The cherry-tree image above appeared in a July 2022 Boston Globe article titled "Blocking the Herring River a century ago brought disastrous ecological consequences. Now, officials want to resurrect it."
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