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Volunteers haul away Brazilian Pepper brush. This part of the restoration isextremely labor intensive. The brush must be cut by hand, chipped and thenburned. The pepper brush must be burned before the berries turn red or the seedswill be distributed and begin new growth. (Image credit: NOAA Restoration Center, Mike Devany & Marine Resource Council)