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City staff confirm second urban-forester position funded through watershed restoration fund
Summary
City urban-forest staff told the Finance Standing Committee that the watershed restoration fund will fund a second urban-forester position for FY25–26 and that funds programmed for tree planting will be spent; committee members asked about outreach to increase planting on private property.
Mr. Adams, the city’s urban-forest representative, told the Finance Standing Committee on May 5 that the city plans to use watershed restoration funds to support the urban-forestry program and that the budgeted funds will be spent this fiscal year.
When asked about capacity to plant the number of trees the council has discussed, Adams said the immediate planting needs can be met but warned that publicly owned planting space is finite and “as we go into the next few years, it’s gonna…
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