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Canton Township presents first annual tree report; plans 178 spring plantings and seeks sustainable funding
Summary
Canton Township planning staff presented the township’s first annual tree report, summarizing a 6,800-tree public inventory, recent removals of Callery (Bradford) pear trees, and a spring planting plan that includes 178 trees and 40 school-site plantings.
Canton Township planning staff presented the township’s first annual tree report, summarizing the public-tree inventory, maintenance and planting work done since 2019 and laying out a work plan for the coming year.
Zach Michelle, planning staff, told the commission the township’s inventory now lists roughly 6,800 public trees that the planning department helps manage (street trees, municipal trees and park trees). Staff said the department removed many Callery (Bradford) pear trees because of poor long-term viability; that removal has created roughly 500 empty planting spaces in the street and municipal inventories. Staff reported touching about 652 public trees last…
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