If an Orangeville municipal tree falls and causes damage on private property, should the town foot the bill? Not in this case, says the Town of Orangeville. That conclusion has the local resident left holding the $1,350 repair bill barking mad. During a wind storm on Oct. 15, France Mitchell’s…
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…
The city of Akron Ohio, is the latest to reclaim its vehicular infrastructure for its citizens, and it’s doing it in a revolutionary way: For three months next summer, a decommissioned freeway will be transformed into a 35-acre park filled with trees. The Innerbelt National Forest is the idea of…
Brock University’s Dr. Marilyne Jollineau has been named as the 2017 recipient of the Canadian Association of Geographers’ (CAG) Award for Service to the Profession of Geography. This award recognises Jollineau’s outstanding contribution to the development of Geography in Canada as a supporter and mentor of many graduate and undergraduate…
Volunteers planted nearly 300 new trees around town in a joint community effort. The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara-on-the-Lake Communities in Bloom, and the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority partnered to plant a total of 275 native sapling trees on Town-owned properties over a two-day period, with work beginning April 22 along the…
The removal of trees in Cherry Ridge Park has generated questions from the public as to why Pelham parks trees are being removed and what will be done to replace them. The Town arborist determined that the trees removed were not healthy; the trunks were girdled, due to stakes being in…
treeOcode Niagara will give Niagara the data and analytics needed to generate similar infographics to Atlanta, on Regional, Municipal and Community urban canopy performance. The city of Atlanta has the nickname “The City in a Forest” and it’s not without warrant, as the city has an urban tree canopy of…
Arbor Day expert advice courtesy of Total Landscape Care. On Arbor Day, we like to show trees some serious love and one of the greatest favors you could do for these leafy giants is stop the practice of mulch volcanoes. In recent years, these mounds of mulch have become as…
