November 21, 2007
Neighbor Complains About Tree Removal
Funny how you can spend hours and hours trying to get the city to do something, and never get anywhere. Or, someone somewhere can ask the city to something one time, and have no juristiction it happening and it can just happen, as easy as that. The Times Dispatch reports:
Richmond planted a maple tree in front of Kate Bishop-Pevsner’s home the same week she moved into the house in the city’s Near West End in 1975.
The little tree was spindly, so Bishop-Pevsner and her daughters propped it with broomsticks and nourished it to health. “That is part of the history of my family with that tree,” she said.
So Bishop-Pevsner was devastated when she came home from work in early September to find the tree in pieces in the street, King Crest Parkway. The city had removed the tree at a neighbor’s request, but she and other neighbors weren’t consulted.
The tree was healthy, she said. It wasn’t near a power line.
“We’re supposed to be greening Richmond,” Bishop-Pevsner said, “not taking perfectly healthy trees out.”
The tree has not been replaced.
Tree Steward Class
Did you ever want to learn how to identify trees? Or how to properly prune a young tree to insure good development? Interested in taking care of the trees in our community? Tree Steward Classes will be held on Mondays from 6:30-8:30PM at the Byrd Park Roundhouse on Feb.4, 11, 18, & 25 and March 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31. Contact Norm Brown at (804) 646-6785 for more information.
Class topics include Tree Identification, Tree Biology, Selecting Planting Sites, Selecting Trees, Planting and Care, Health and Maintenance, and Proper Pruning Methods. Classes will be taught by area professionals in the tree care industry.
Registration is $95. Each participant is also asked to commit to 20hrs of community service upon completion of the program.
Also, on Saturday, April 5th, volunteers will be offered training to drive the City Watering Truck. The Class will be held from 8:30AM to 12 noon at the Byrd Park Roundhouse. Pre-registration is required. Volunteers do not have to take the Tree Stewards class.
The deadline for registration by mail has been moved to Jan 25th,
registration will also be available at the door.
The cost of the program covers the pruning tools that the Stewards will receive at the end of the program. The tools are 1 pruning saw, 1 sheath, 1 hand pruner and a safety vest. A certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of the service hour commitment. All remaining funds will be used toward Tree Steward Projects
For an application go to:
http://groups.google.com/group/richmondtreestewards?lnk=srg
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