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Board discusses tree canopy grant, planting methods and coordination with INDOT and trail projects
Summary
Board members reviewed plans to finish a street-tree grant by next spring, debated survival rates of balled‑and‑burlap versus tube trees, discussed protective staking/caging, and raised coordination issues with INDOT mowing and trail plantings.
Board staff and members spent much of the June 5 meeting reviewing fall planting plans tied to an existing grant, debating planting methods and long-term survivability, and noting coordination needs with Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) mowing schedules and ongoing trail projects.
Sean, the board’s staff member, said the grant-funded plantings must be completed before the grant period ends next spring and that fall plantings are being planned with Parks and Westman Woods. He added that any trees not planted this fall would be completed the…
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