Edmon Tyler cleans up Thursday after cutting down trees at the site of historic Fort Rosalie, where the National Park Service will soon open its third site in Natchez. The NPS has been working to develop and interpret the site to illustrate its significance and plans to open the site to the public Aug. 3. Fences will also be installed on the site to ensure visitor safety, particularly along the site’s bluff, which is not stabilized like other areas of the bluff. NPS will also put up tables at the site for visitors to picnic and enjoy the location. The Fort Rosalie site is to be dedicated during the City of Natchez’s 300th birthday celebration Aug. 3.

Tyler saws down a tree stump.

A tree stump is left where Live Oak Landscape crew cuts down trees on the property.