urban forestry

Herald-Leader Article

12.01.2012

Tom Eblen, of the Lexington Herald-Leader has a good story about the state of Lexington’s urban forest.  My original report on the condition of our urban forest is here.

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The longest autumn, coming to an end

11.12.2012

I don’t remember an autumn that has lasted as long as this one in Central Kentucky.  After the severe drought in the early summer, we had a wet late summer and fall.  Trees in the urban area of Lexington and in surrounding forests began showing bright colors in August.  Now, on November 12, there are [...]

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An urban forest in peril

11.12.2012

Update:  Tom Eblen, Lexington Herald-Leader, has an excellent story on this subject in the December 2 newspaper. The urban forest of Lexington, KY is in serious decline as a result of extremely poor management. Large amounts of taxpayer money are spent to plant and maintain trees in Lexington’s parks and on its streets, but we [...]

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Urban Forestry cut from final stimulus bill

02.13.2009

The $790 billion stimulus bill, now out in final form, does not include funding for urban forestry improvements that were in the original House version of the bill. The original bill included funding within wildlands fire management that could provide urban forestry funding: $550,000,000… for State fire assistance hazardous fuels projects, volunteer fire assistance, cooperative [...]

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Ike’s winds take down trees across the country

09.15.2008

Hurricane Ike knocked down trees from Texasto Northern New York over the weekend. Here in central Kentucky, we had no rain, but strong winds up to 60 mph knocked down trees throughout the region. Falling trees knocked down power lines, leaving more than 39,000 homes without power, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. I looked at [...]

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