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Belfast group and state urge prepared municipal plans, inventory and grant applications as EAB arrives
Summary
Local volunteers and state urban foresters urged Belfast and nearby towns to complete inventories, form management plans and apply for Project Canopy grants; Belfast leaders noted a recent street‑tree inventory and called for public education rather than panic removals.
Jan Santerre, who leads the state urban and community forestry program Project Canopy, told attendees that every Maine community should consider an inventory and a management plan to guide ash removals, treatment choices and replanting. "Conduct an inventory. That's the first thing that you want to do," she said, adding that inventories can be scaled to focus on ash trees or high‑value street trees.
Santerre said Project Canopy has three grant categories (planning &…
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