Tree board urges landscaping and replacement requirements as town plans for growth
The town’s Tree Board described planting projects, grants and a possible landscape/tree ordinance to require replacement plantings and set landscaping standards for new development; the board will provide its ordinance text to the commission.
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Bill Burnham, president of the Tree Board, briefed the commission on 16 years of volunteer planting work and recent projects funded partly by state grants and partnerships, including plantings at Oneancock Landing Park and the town square. He said the board is advisory and cannot spend town funds without council approval, but has successfully used grants such as those from state forestry programs and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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