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Evansville Tree Advisory Board approves tree removals and multiple public plantings, debates canopy priorities and volunteer logistics
Summary
The Evansville City Tree Advisory Board on Oct. 3 approved removal of hazardous trees and a package of public plantings funded in part by the Solid Waste District, heard from new deputy parks director Paul Balsman, and spent substantial time planning volunteer logistics for a large Nov. 9 planting event.
The Evansville City Tree Advisory Board voted Oct. 3 to approve a set of tree removals and a coordinated package of public plantings at parks and community sites, and members debated where future plantings should be concentrated.
The board approved the September minutes, carried a motion to remove several hazardous trees after staff presented photographs, and approved public plantings at Teepee Park, Goosetown Park and Hillcrest Youth Services. Sean, the board’s urban-forestry staff member, described multiple funding streams for the package, including a Westman Woods grant, Solid Waste District support and an IU cohort program; he cited roughly 170 Guggenheim trees, about 69 burlap trees and an IU allocation of about 100 core trees among the efforts.
“That gives you the Solid Waste District plantings,” Sean said when describing how the various donations and grants stack together. The board moved and seconded approval of the planting package and carried the measure by voice vote.
Why it matters: board members emphasized…
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