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Urban Forestry reports net tree gains, backlog shrinking but funding uncertainty remains
Summary
The Bureau of Urban Forestry reported meeting pruning targets, reducing removals and increasing plantings (projected 1,300 trees this year), but noted contractor and funding constraints and a switch to a new CMMS data system that affected reporting.
The Bureau of Urban Forestry told the Sanitation and Streets Commission on April 24 that the city is now planting more street trees than it is removing and that program metrics are improving, though staffing and funding constraints could affect momentum.
Nicholas Crawford, assistant superintendent, said the Street Tree SF maintenance program has pruned about 77% of assigned street trees since the program began and that the bureau's internal crews are projected to prune about 5,900 trees this year, with a target…
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