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Takoma Park urban forest manager warns Tree Tacoma planting program unsustainable without new funding
Summary
Urban Forest Manager Rudy Delsac told the council Tree Tacoma applications closed March 1 because the tree fund is depleted; he urged general-fund support and proposed biodiversity limits after reporting FY25 plantings and permit activity.
Rudy Delsac, Takoma Park's urban forest manager, told the City Council that the Tree Tacoma private-property planting program closed its FY26 application window on March 1 after four years because available tree-fund balance is too low to continue planting at current levels.
Delsac presented FY25 program numbers: "We planted 89 public space trees in FY25, 89 also with Tree Tacoma," he said, and reported approximately 350 tree removal permits for the fiscal year, with the majority of removals for dead or hazardous trees. Delsac said the city generated about $25,000 in…
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