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Tree advisory committee urges stronger downtown green infrastructure and readies ash-tree removals as EAB spreads
Summary
Essex Junction’s Tree Advisory Committee reported planting roughly 41 trees this year, described a nursery program that sharply reduces per-tree cost, and warned that emerald ash borer (EAB) infestations will require many ash removals while urging more durable downtown planting practices and follow-up maintenance.
Essex Junction’s Tree Advisory Committee told the City Council Wednesday that it planted about 41 trees this year — 18 of them funded through a grant — and urged the council to require more durable planting infrastructure in downtown redevelopment to avoid widespread early failures.
The committee said it had planted 18 trees under a grant that cost about $18,000 (about $1,000 per tree under the grant) and that trees raised in the city nursery can be established and placed in the right-of-way for roughly $150–$180 per tree after two years of care. “We are able to get a tree in the ground after we take care of it for two years for about $150, $180,” the committee reported, noting volunteer support and cooperation with Branch Out Burlington and city public-works staff.
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