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City forester: 500 trees planted, grant still funds next year but scope will shrink
Summary
City Forester Phil reported contractor-planted 500 trees logged into the city's GIS, said LiDAR and a tree inventory guided plantings in climate justice areas, and confirmed the US Forest Service grant still has money for next year though at a reduced scale.
Phil, the city forester, told the Michigan City Tree Board on Jan. 7 that contractors inspected and logged 500 recently planted trees into the city’s GIS after a year of fieldwork and oversight. "So we got 500 more trees in our tree population and 500 less planting spaces," he said.
The announcement followed a summer‑to‑fall planting and a simultaneous removal contract monitored by the forester. Phil said the tree inventory and a LiDAR canopy cover analysis guided decisions about where to plant, noting the grant required funds be used in Climate and Economic Justice (CEJ) areas. "Those two together form the basis…
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