Not Punxsutawney Phil

This poor guy lost his house this week. For some reason someone decided to bulldoze in the woods and uproot a bunch of bushes and small trees leaving a big scar in the dirt and exposing a messy jumble of roots, dirt, and construction debris. I know the groundhog used to go into these bushes and hide because I was able to observe him several times. I think his den was in that cluster of large bushes too. Now I don't know if he is alive. What was the purpose of that destruction?