Michele, Here is a link regarding the city's urban forestry program (including planting protocols); this is typical of U.S. city urban forestry programs.
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/trees_greenstreets.html Steve Springer Urban Forester/Stormwater Coordinator City of Bartlett -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Frelich Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ENTS] Re: intro Michele: Its definitely the case that people in Minneapolis see trees as a multi-generational resource. We still have a lot of trees that were here before the city existed, mostly bur oaks. A tree that was planted 100 years ago in the park next to my building recently died, and I have received several inquiries about it such as: Why did it die? (Dutch elm disease). What species will we replace it with? (probably a disease resistant elm) Is the family from 100 years ago that planted it still around? (I don't know, but historians are looking into it). Just about every tree we plant is a memorial tree for some family, which means we don't have to pay for new tree planting. Destructive action against trees is mostly accidental or unintended. Road and sidewalk salt, bumping with the lawnmower, being trimmed for construction projects, and an assortment of different types of damage during large events (those suburban people who visit for events don't seem to care what they damage while they are here). People in Minneapolis also have a good sense of maintaining an urban forest over time, with all the derechos and tornadoes we get, along with diseases like Dutch elm and now the emerald ash borer, people recognize that continuous planting is necessary to maintain the forest as individual trees come and go. Lee [email protected] wrote: > Welcome to Jon; > > Jon, Jenny, anyone; > > I know there are community gardening projects in NYC... but are there any > community tree growing projects which help demonstrate how it could be 3 > or 4 generations' worth of the neighborhood families that'll be charged > with taking care of the trees over a LONG period of time, i.e., keeping > ingrates away from vandalizing them, making sure they get properly tended > in whatever way would work, etc., such that city dwellers begin to develop > a real sense of how valuable those old and large city trees are, i.e., as > a way of thwarting unintended destructive action against city trees... > just curious. > > Michele > > > >> Jon, >> >> There are all types of people that post on here. We have people that are >> forestry trained such as Lee F. in Minn and Don Bragg in Ark. along with >> others. Then there are people like you and I the laymen. Your posts and >> pics are always welcome here. We have another person in here from NYC. >> Her name is Jenny and she seems to find the "wild side" of NYC. >> >> Beth >> >> Trees are the answer.--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association >> >> --- On Tue, 8/18/09, jon parker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> From: jon parker <[email protected]> >> Subject: [ENTS] intro >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 10:30 PM >> >> >> First post. >> I joined the ENTS group a month or two ago and have been, and probably >> will stay, more of a lurker here as I'm a layman when it comes to >> forests, and have a hard time finding ways out of the big city, but >> over the last few years my interests in forests has grown a lot. >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
