What does it take to maintain city parks? I tagged along with Parks and Recreation to find out.

Logan Ramsey uses a weed eater successful Sacajawea Park. | Jordan Wood, EastIdahoNews.com

POCATELLO — The EastIdahoNews.com squad is highlighting different jobs successful our area, and today, we’re workin’ it pinch nan Pocatello Parks and Recreation Department to find retired what it takes to support nan metropolis parkland system.

Brett Lopez, attraction technician pinch department, showed maine astir for a time and demonstrated what he does successful nan parks. We visited Lookout Point, Sacajawea Park and Spaulding’s Overlook.

We started nan time astatine Pocatello’s newest park, Lookout Point, and Lopez showed maine really they support nan writer and support nan trees trimmed truthful group person a bully section of imagination done nan park.

Next we went to Sacajawea Park wherever they were preparing for an upcoming ribbon cutting. Lopez showed maine really nan support nan foliage astir parkland amenities.

We ended nan time by going to Spaulding’s Overlook, wherever we trim retired a character that had died. Park workers do this not conscionable because it makes nan parkland much aesthetically pleasing, but besides because it prevents dormant trees from becoming a hazard.

Throughout our stops, I sewage to acquisition a emotion of restitution knowing parks users would beryllium capable to amended bask nan areas I worked in.

“(When) we get to travel in, do a bully job, it reflects connected nan community,” Lopez said. “We person way users that travel retired (and) they spot thing for illustration that, erstwhile it’s done properly, it’s really conscionable nan icing connected nan barroom that we’re looking for.”

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