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Baldwin City tree board reports 3,367 street trees, 92 species and $11.7M estimated value
Summary
The Baldwin City Tree Board reported a volunteer survey of 3,367 street trees across the public right-of-way, documenting 92 species — up from 83 in 2003 — but a 22% decline in total street-tree count since 2003 and an estimated street-tree value of about $11.7 million.
Roger Boyd, chair of the Baldwin City Tree Board, presented the results of a volunteer inventory of the city’s street trees to the Baldwin City Council, reporting 3,367 trees in public right-of-way and 92 species, up from 83 species in 2003. Boyd said the count represented street trees only, defined as trees between the curb and sidewalk or, where no sidewalk exists, about 25 feet from the road.
“We measured all of the trees within the city right of way, so these would be called street trees,” Boyd said during the…
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