Clearing of vegetation along the Herring River in Wellfleet is set to begin by November as part of a restoration project to bring more salt water into the river ecosystem.
The biggest element of the project is the removal of the Chequessett Neck Road Dike, which has blocked tidal inflow since 1909.
Starting within a few weeks, AmeriCorps members and volunteers from the Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore will remove brush and small trees, providing access to berms of sediment, which also need to be removed, said Geoffrey Sanders, chief of natural resource management and science at the Cape Cod National Seashore.