<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">NYC has a program as well<br><br>http://www.treesny.com/programs.html?#citizenpruner<br><br><div id="RTEContent"><div><font face="Arial Black">Brad Gurr</font></div> <div><font face="Arial Black">" Dedicated to the Care and Preservation of Trees"</font></div></div><br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 7/10/09, Croy, Owen <i><OCCroy@surrey.ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Croy, Owen <OCCroy@surrey.ca><br>Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Citizen Pruner Program<br>To: "Canadian Urban Forest Network" <canufnet@list.web.net><br>Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:18 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1002115322">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Andrew Hillman from Ithaca New York started the first <b><i>Citizen
Pruner </i>Program</b> many years ago. Give Andy a call, and I am certain that
he would be pleased to chat with you about his award-winning program. Following
Andy’s success, other communities in New York State and elsewhere have put
these types of programs in place. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Follow this link to learn more about Andy’s program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B3B881805-DA8B-4AE7-B4EB-0BBDFBBB26E5%7D&DE=%7B0F9787C3-1765-42F5-AB73-2315BF1EC348%7D">http://www.ci.ithaca.ny.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B3B881805-DA8B-4AE7-B4EB-0BBDFBBB26E5%7D&DE=%7B0F9787C3-1765-42F5-AB73-2315BF1EC348%7D</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Owen Croy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">City of Surrey</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US"> canufnet-bounces@list.web.net
[mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>RViehbeck@thunderbay.ca<br>
<b>Sent:</b> July-09-09 8:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> canufnet@list.web.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CANUFNET] Citizen Pruner Program</span></p>
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The City of Thunder Bay, in conjunction with a volunteer tree advocacy group-
Trees Thunder Bay, is beginning to design a Citizen Pruner Program. This
program is designed to train/ educate city resident volunteers on pruning/ tree
trimming techniques for tree care maintenance from ground level, on City trees.
We would like to give this program a trial run through in the fall and
hopefully continue well into the future. Our goal is to help improve our
urban forest’s health and value and reduce the number of tree trim or hazard
tree calls that the City of Thunder Bay receives, as well as give city
residents the opportunity to participate in urban forest stewardship. My
question is: Has any other city in Canada attempted this? Does any
Canadian city presently run a similar program? And if so, can you suggest
how exactly you would design such a program? We are looking at issues
such as; liability, union issues, education material, supervision,
certification, type of pruning, equipment and advertising. <br>
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Thank you. We appreciate any comments, suggestion or program material on
this subject. <br>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rena Viehbeck<br>
Tree Stewardship Program Coordinator <br>
The City of Thunder Bay<br>
807.625.2956 (tel)<br>
807.625.3258 (fax)<br>
rviehbeck@thunderbay.ca<br>
<br>
Parks Division, Victoriaville Civic Centre<br>
111 Syndicate Avenue South<br>
Thunder Bay ON P7E 6S4<br>
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