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Pensacola advisory board weighs smaller saplings to speed canopy restoration
Summary
Members heard a Canopy Restoration Project update, discussed changing the city's 3-inch minimum tree-caliper requirement to allow smaller saplings, and reviewed inspection and permit tracking via MyGovernment Online. A pending Tree Trust Fund application remains under internal review.
The City of Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board met in January and heard a detailed update on the Canopy Restoration Project and a discussion about whether the city's 3-inch caliper minimum for planted trees should be revised to permit smaller, less expensive saplings.
Representatives of the Canopy Restoration Project said the group planted about 87 trees on Dec. 6 and has planted more than 300 trees since December 2023. "We planted 87 trees," a project representative told the board, and the group described survival rates in the 90s, citing about a 98% survival rate for program trees. The group said that if it can run two projects a year of roughly 90 trees each it could reach a 1,000-tree goal within four years.
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