HomeMy WebLinkAboutForestry ProgramI. 2005 Summary
® Tree City USA 24th year
® Oak Wilt Disease Losses (33 Oaks)
® Dutch Elm Disease (79 Elms)
® Public Tree Trimming—Parks and Boulevards (200 Trees)
® New, Large Trees Planted -62
® September Storm Losses
® 300 Public Trees
® Thousands of large, private trees
® Four (4 ) week clean-up effort, 6 private contractual forestry haulers, 3 public
(MNDOT, City, County) crews
® 18,000 cubic yards of debris
® 12,200 cubic yards of finished chip product hauled to St Paul District Energy
II. 2006 to Date
® Arbor Day Planting at Lambert Park
® Tree Sale increase to 60 trees
® Oak Wilt increase (36 diseased oaks to date)
® 21 Red Oaks injected, 5 new sites "plowed"
® Drought concerns
® Two -Lined Chestnut Borer in oaks
® Pine Bark Beetles (Ips) in evergreens
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