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MEMO TO: Bruce Anderson , Director Parks, Recreation and Forestry Dept. • FROM: Rick Wriskey , City Forester DATE : August 9 , 1983 RE: 1983 Mid-season Forestry Report DUTCH ELM AND OAK WILT DISEASES A combined total of 96 elms and oaks have been marked for removal as of August 9 . At this time last year , about 125 trees were marked . This 30% decrease in diseased tree incidence could be in part due to a later than usual spring . Another reason could be related to a carryover effect of two or more years of decreasing numbers of diseased trees. Citizen awareness and compliance concerning diseased tree matters has been very good. More and more residents are calling in for help and advice when tree health problems occur than in previous years. This usually results in faster removal times thus contributing again to the overall picture of successful tree disease control . TREE PLANTING AND SUMMER MAINTENANCE Spring planting of bare-root trees was again concentrated in • Silver View and City Hall Parks. In all , 220 trees were planted. Two major areas of concentration were the center island of Silver View' s parking lot ( 25 trees , 70 shrubs) and the berm and Highway 10 areas of City Hall ( 62 trees) . The planting emphasis for these areas was for fall color ( 85 trees) . An additional 110 trees of five ( 5 ) different species were added for spring blossoming effect. Twenty-five ( 25 ) trees are scheduled to be transplanted from City nurseries this fall . With timely rainfall and above-average soil moisture levels , the newly planted trees have fared well despite some high temperatures. However , starting in early August, tree watering has become necessary to assure that the trees don' t enter stress. Most trees appear to be adequately mulched with wood chips. CITY HALL FLOWERS AND MAINTENANCE This year' s flowers came from Roseacker Florist, St. Anthony. The per crate price as well as the quality of flowers has been consistantly good at Roseacker . Additionally, a credit of $125. 00 was given for the old vapam previously used for diseased root graft control . The maintenance of the immediate turf area and flower beds has been undertaken by Odas Newton . This year the "west" oak area • was also added to the hand mowing schedule . The compaction and other inherent hazards of larger machinery in the oak area will be much alleviated by this change .