Contributing Writer – David DiPietro, Urban Forestry Manager This fall we will plant over 850 trees consisting of 60 different species across the District at 20 Community Tree Plantings and 218 residential properties enrolled in the RiverSmart Homes program. It is up to the Urban Forestry Manager – me – to locate and coordinate the [...]
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CTP 411: How Are the Tree Species Selected?
Contributing Writer – David DiPietro, Urban Forestry Manager All of our Community Tree Plantings (CTP) start with an application. We don’t tell people where trees should go, individuals and groups come to us and say we want trees here. When trees are planted where they are wanted, there is a collective interest in their long [...]
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Our fall Community Tree Planting (CTP) season kicks off this Saturday afternoon with the planting of 25 trees on the grounds of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish in NW. Those doing the planting are our new batch of Citizen Foresters enrolled in this week’s Tree Planting class. This is the first of 20 [...]
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