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Resident urges St. Peter to remove invasive trees from approved planting lists
Summary
At the April 14 council meeting, resident Emily Brulad asked the council to remove Callery pear and cork tree from the city's approved boulevard and park planting lists, citing state designations and asking staff and council to adopt a native-focused list by resolution or ordinance.
Emily Brulad, a St. Peter resident, told the council on April 14 that the city’s boulevard and park tree lists include species she called invasive and asked the council to remove them from the official lists. “Please do not plant this tree in St. Peter and replace any that you have planted with urgency,” she said, referring to the Callery pear, which she said state agencies list as invasive and which she said will be restricted for sale beginning in 2026.
Brulad said she had reviewed the new lists the…
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