Liz Wielinski wrote: >From listening to Mike Schmidt the GM for Operations at the MPRB burning is not the only solution. Apparently if the trees are run through a chipper the resulting chips are not a viable home for the fungus or the beetles. This is the method the MPRB is currently employing. The $2.5 million a year that the Minneapolis Tree Commission recommends for the MPRB forestry budget would hire more people and buy the equipment (including the chippers) the MPRB would need to keep the Urban Forest healthy.< Liz is right; chipping is an alternative to burning, as is using debarkers. In either case, we have to haul the logs to the equipment, which is noisy and generates a certain amount of pollution. Then we have to figure out what to do with the remainder; I suspect we will have a lot more wood chips than we have flower beds in which to put them. Of course, there is ash left over from burning, but it's much less in volume and weight. Burning does work best, and it's the least expensive method. However, I doubt MPCA, and some citizens, would allow it. So, chipping and/or debarking will probably be the method. M. G. Stinnett Jordan REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list.
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