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Sandpoint forester pushes tighter prohibited tree list, recommends limits on maples and ash
Summary
City forester Eric Bush proposed focusing the Arboriculture Manual on a short prohibited-tree list rather than an exhaustive approved list, recommended restricting Acer plantings to reduce disease risk and urged adding ash and known weak-wood cultivars to a ban.
Sandpoint’s city forester told the Urban Forestry Commission on July 24 that the Arboriculture Manual should emphasize a clear list of prohibited street trees rather than attempt an exhaustive approved-species catalog. Eric Bush said a long approved list would inevitably miss species people might plant and would discourage suitable, locally available specimens. “It’s much more important that we have a tight prohibited street tree list than a tight approved street tree list,” Bush said during…
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