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Parks department approves bicentennial planting, research survey and urban forestry policy updates
Summary
The board approved a third round of bicentennial tree plantings (380 trees), a partnership survey with IU for up to $6,500, a $15,000 agreement with Canopy Bloomington for the Tree Tenders program, and adopted updated urban forestry principles and a quarterly tree risk report detailing inventory and risk categories.
The Bloomington Board of Park Commissioners on Thursday approved several urban forestry items that together advance the department’s tree-planting, maintenance and reporting work.
Haskell Smith, urban forester, asked the board to approve a contract with NativeView LLC to plant 380 trees in public rights-of-way as part of the bicentennial planting program — the third round of plantings funded by bicentennial bonds. “This is the third round of the bicentennial plantings,” Smith said. “All together…
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