St Catharines is moving to protect its canopy by approving a bylaw to regulate trees on or affecting city property. The bylaw requires residents to apply for a permit to remove city trees and adds higher penalties for those people who injure and damage city trees. “This gives us some…
On Saturday, October 21, 2017 members of treeOcode participated in the City of St. Catharines Fall tree giveaway. 500 trees a mix of Bur and Red Oak, Serviceberry and Eastern White Pine were distributed to eager residents. The line up began about 6:45 am with distribution beginning at 7:30. With…
Many St. Catharines residents may have noticed piles of wood chips and soil out in front of homes across the city. There seems to have been a push this year to grind away existing tree stumps (in some cases home owners have been waiting for years). The backlog is onerous.…
Representatives from the City of St. Catharines, IKEA and Tree Canada were at Burgoyne Woods in St. Catharines planting 65 White Pines. This story was originally published in the St. Catharines Standard on Thursday, May 18, 2017. The full story can be read here….
This article about St. Catharines positive approach to boosting the urban canopy, from the St. Catharines Standard, was first published Friday March 24, 2017. In an effort to boost its tree population, St. Catharines is considering offering residents trees at a reduced cost and implementing public and private tree bylaws. The ideas,…
News release posted on Tuesday, May 19 by the City of St. Catharines. “A tree census is set to begin in a few weeks. A comprehensive inventory of the City’s nearly 50,000 boulevard trees will begin by the end of May, with trees evaluated for signs of decay and damaged…
