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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
The City of Fall River held
an Urban Forestry Workshop at
Government Center on March 22, 2017, in an effort to provide information
about the value and stewardship of the City's urban forest. The workshop
was led by Liz McKinley of Davey Resource Group and included presentations by
Mary Ann Wordell of the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program,
Andrew Hillman of the Davey Resource Group,
and Chance Perks and Justin Ohlson of the New Bedford Urban Forestry
Maintenance Program. Following lunch, workshops were held by Jason Veil on
nursery care and forest pest planting by Nicole Keleher. Fall River
maintains an active street tree planting program as well as a city urban tree farm.
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(Top row) Mary Ann Wordell of the Fall River Street Tree Planting Program, listens to Liz McKinley of Davey Resource Group as she gives and introduction. (Row two) Fall River Street Tree Planting Program coordinator Mary Ann Wordell summarizes the work of the group over the past twenty years. (Rows three and four) Andrew Hillman of Davey Resource Group talks about the importance of diversification. (Row five) Chance Perks and Justin Ohlson of the New Bedford Urban Forestry Maintenance Program describe their work. (Bottom row) After Justin finishes the presentation, participants, including Fall River Forester Mike Laboissiere and Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) staff member Scott Perdigao shaking hands, join each other over lunch. |
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