Another Chance to Volunteer for the Providence Tree Tally

The City Forester is holding one more training session for anyone who wants to participate in the Providence Street Tree Tally on Tuesday, June 20, at the Chamber of Commerce, 30 Exchange Terrace (the building across the street from the skating rink and across the street from the Westin) from 5:30pm-8:00pm. If you are interested in this program, contact Nina Ridhibhinyo, Volunteer Coordinator at treetally@providenceri.com.

The purpose of the Providence Street Tree Tally is to gather information about each tree planted along the city's streets so that this important resource can be properly cared for and developed over time. For each tree in each of the one hundred zones, we are noting the species, the diameter, the condition of the tree and the surrounding area, and a number of other data using Palm Pilots. About 100 people have volunteered so far, and 5 summer interns are covering the unassigned zones.

Comments

[Doug Still]

Bill,

Yep, this one had been reported, a crew is scheduled to remove the tree. Unfortunately, we lose trees each year to vandalism. We can follow up and ask for restitution money when we can prove that someone did it. We have several such claims in the works now. Thanks for letting us know.

Doug Still
City Forester

[bill]

Tree pushovers - as I was tallying, I came across a tree at 99 Job St. that had been flattened to the ground, but was otherwise healthy. 'Hit by a car' I assumed, but there was absolutely no impact scarring whatsoever. One of the neighbors thought that some bored kids had been getting a kick out of rocking the trees back and forth, to see which ones would topple over. Later, I found another tree that had been flattened, but the homeowner had re-erected it and piled up a few heavy rocks to bolster it up in the right direction. Is this something that a city crew would go out to fix?