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MEMO TO: MARY SAARION, DIRECTOR <br />PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY <br />FROM: RICK WRISKEY, CITY FORESTER <br />DATE: MARCH 8, 1990 <br />SUBJECT: ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF PUSSY WILLOWS <br />AT SILVER VIEW PARK <br />Every year for the last two or three years, there has been a massive illegal cutting of <br />willow stems and shoots in the "marshy' area of Silver View Park northwest of <br />Scotland Green Apartments. We received a late report from a nearby resident who <br />said a group of four to six people cut continuously last year for the better part of a <br />day. Examination of the area found that this apparently has been going on for a <br />number of years. <br />I've asked several adjacent "neighbors" to call the police if they see the same thing <br />again this year. Late March to early April will be the likely time to find this <br />happening. <br />Could you please mention this at a staff meeting or inform police that this is a serious <br />matter in that it involves using public land for private gain? <br />RW/SL <br />