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Sandpoint commission weighs expanded "notable" tree categories; plans manual update
Summary
Commission members debated expanding the single "heritage tree" concept into multiple categories (historical, specimen, rare, grove) and agreed to research model ordinances and return with recommendations for an Arboriculture Manual update tied to the Urban Forestry Master Plan.
The Sandpoint Urban Forestry Commission spent an extended portion of its March 27 meeting discussing how to define and categorize heritage or notable trees in city policy and the Arboriculture Manual.
Commission Chair Moe Dunkel and Vice Chair Chase Youngdahl both said the commission lacks a robust local definition. Dunkel noted the city's comprehensive plan contains a two-sentence heritage-tree definition that commissioners wanted to “beef up,” and Youngdahl raised concerns that the single term "heritage" could imply only very old…
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