Pinchot Sycamore Park Invasive Control

WATER QUALITY & BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Simsbury is the home of the Pinchot Sycamore, the largest Tree in CT. It is located in a small town park on the Farmington River, where a bridge on the heavily traveled Route 185 crosses the river. The tree is named in honor of Gifford Pinchot, who was born in Simsbury in 1865. Pinchot was the first Chief of the US Forest Service, as well as Governor of Pennsylvania for two terms and is remembered as an early advocate for environmental protection

Because of the significance of the Pinchot Sycamore itself and the Park’s public visibility, LFSWS worked in coordination with the town’s Department of Parks and Recreation to manage invasive Oriental bittersweet that was damaging a large number of trees in the park, although not the Pinchot Sycamore itself. LFSWS contracted with a licensed, insured landscaping firm, Ornamentals LCC, to have the company cut many large bittersweet vines on trees along the riverbank and in a wooded area along a stream in the park.

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