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Urban Forestry report: Kirkwood lost about one‑sixth of street trees in 8 years; commission urges more plantings and code changes
Summary
Shane Slaton, chair of the Urban Forestry Commission, told the council the city’s 2024 street‑tree inventory counted 8,328 public trees — a net decline of 1,654 trees over the prior eight‑year inventory, which the commission described as roughly one‑sixth of the urban canopy lost.
Shane Slaton, chair of Kirkwood’s Urban Forestry Commission, told the council the commission compiled an annual summary and began drafting a commission manual to guide commissioners and staff. Slaton reported that the 2024 street‑tree inventory counted 8,328 public trees, a decline of 1,654 trees compared with the prior eight‑year inventory — "in only 8 years, we lost one sixth of our city's street trees," he said.
The commission reported 186 street trees removed and 64 trees planted in the calendar year described in the report, leaving…
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