Follow these simple Steps to guide you through the process of greening up your neighborhood with the RNeighborWoods tree grant. Work together with your neighbors to protect our urban forest!
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Photo: Barb Huberty, Rochester Public Works; Rene Jones Lafflam, Director, RNeighbors; Ardell Brede, Mayor of Rochester; Michael Wojcik, City Council Member; Allison Plute, Storm Water Educator; Dave Moore, Rochester Public Works; Roberta Tolan, Director, Quarry Hill Nature Center; and Mike Kraszewski, Rochester Public Works. WHEREAS, Earth Day is Thursday, April 22, 2010 and Arbor Day is Friday, April 30, 2010; and WHEREAS, Earth Day and Arbor Day inspire many organizations to host environmental events to help raise awareness of environmental issues…
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Presented by Rochester Public Utilities and Maier Forest and Tree When: Friday, April 30th from 11am-1 pm Where-Moved due to weather – to Graham Arena 1 at the county fairgrounds Festivities: 3,000 free trees to give away, live music, free lunch (hot dogs, corn, chips and soda), tree experts on hand, free cfl’s, register for your chance to win a rain barrel and compost bin, balloonists, poster contest ceremony, tree planting and much more!
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Photo: This group of tree lovers helped to plant 100 trees in the Slatterly Park neighborhood in October 2009. You can help plant trees and combat the Emerald Ash Borer at our next tree planting on April 24. Answers below were provided by our City Forester, Jacob Ryg. Why are we not attempting to treat Ash Trees with chemicals? Answer: There are chemicals that work, but this is not an economical option due to the fact that you have to…
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At the fall 2009 RNeighborWoods planting this group of Slatterly Park neighbors joined in the effort to get 100 news trees planted in their neighbohrood. Did you know that currently there are 28,434 vacant boulevard tree spaces throughout Rochester neighborhoods, out of a total of 56,550 spaces? Our neighborhoods are at about 50% capacity and each year 600-900 boulevard trees are removed to disease or damage. Trees make good neighbors. Come join us for our largest community tree planting to…
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We have an exciting program planned for 2010. The Rochester Arborist Workshop is partnering with The Shade Tree Short Course. The Summer Workshop is Wednesday July 14, 2010 Mayo Civic Center, Rochester Minnesota. Save This Date! Dynamic Tree Dynamics with Ken James and Brian Kane In this one day workshop, we will look at tree dynamics, wind loads and the difference between statics and dynamics. We will compare the static pull tree test from Germany to actual dynamic wind load…
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When: Saturday, April 10, 2010. 8am to Noon. Where: Quarry Hill Nature Center Community Ed Class Number: 8644.221 Price: $15.00 Become a part of the Rochester urban forester team through this course led by the City of Rochester Forestry Division and RNeighborWoods. This class is packed with tree education, climbing, and planting. You’ll be an active participant in learning tree planting basics, care, basic arboriculture, urban forest advocacy, and hands-on activities. Discover techniques that will give you the knowledge to correctly…
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Hello tree loving folks! Our City Forester, Jacob Ryg, has been approached by the University of Minnesota to assist in a project which will study ways to prepare, manage and respond to the threat of Emerald ash borer (EAB). One of the tasks is to collect data on about 2500 trees (public and private). Professor Gary Johnson will be doing the training, which will amount to about 16 hours. Any event Gary is involved in is always a fun time….
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A Plan to Reforest Our City This article was taken from the “MN Shade Tree Advocate Newsletter” and written by Derik Olson, MN GreenCorps Member and Urban Forestry Specialist for the City of Rochester. In Rochester, we have over 30,000 vacant tree planting spaces. Last year we planted 500 trees, and those were just to replace the 1000 that were removed because of poor condition, damage or disease. I think most cities would like to do more, but with one tree costing between…
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Submitted by Rene Jones Lafflam on Thu, 2009-10-29 20:51. Start: 2010-02-19 09:00 End: 2010-02-19 15:00 Body: Mark Your Calendars Now! When: Friday February 19, 2010. Where: Rochester’s International Event Center Registration is on-line at www.rochesterarboristworkshop.com Tom Smiley Arboricultural Researcher Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory Charlotte, NC Tom Smiley is an arboriculture teacher, trainer and researcher for the world renowned F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company. Tom has been a national and international leader in the development of hazardous tree risk assessments. He…
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