It took Miami-Dade County Natural Areas Management staff two weeks with two dump trucks and two front end loaders to clear a massive amount of fill and invasive plants from our first restoration site. This area had been a problem and harbored invasive plants that were damaging the surrounding pine rockland with a history dating back to the original construction of the Richmond Naval Air Base in the 1940's. The crews cleared the area down to the original limestone cap rock and sandy soil to prep the site for a public planting and make it a functional habitat again for wildlife.
