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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">It has long been established law in
Canada that a tree that straddles the property line is jointly
owned. Ontario has specific legislation dealing with that. The new
judgement seems to reinforce but not radically alter established
law. <br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">On Behalf of Dunster and Associates Environmental Consultants Ltd.
Dr. Julian A Dunster R.P.F., R.P.P.., M.C.I.P., ISA Certified Arborist,
ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist # 378,
PNWISA Certified Tree Risk Assessor # 1.
ISA Tree Risk Assessor Qualified
Honourary Life Member ISA + PNWISA
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.dunster.ca">www.dunster.ca</a>
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On 04/06/2013 9:46 AM, Craig Bench wrote:<br>
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net">mailto:canufnet-bounces@list.web.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 03, 2013 7:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Canadian Urban Forest Network<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CANUFNET] recent boundary tree
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Thanks for
sharing this...this is a great win for the protection of our
urban forest!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Luc Rainville<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone / Envoyé de mon
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's Ok to print this email. Paper
comes from a biodegradable, recyclable, renewable resource
- trees. Making forest products from sustainably managed
forests results in jobs for thousands of people, clean
air, clean water, wildlife habitat and carbon storage.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"If wildness can stop being (just)
out there and start being (also) in here, if it can
start being as humane as it is natural, then perhaps
we can get on with the unending task of struggling to
live rightly in the world—not just in the garden, not
just in the wilderness, but in the home that encompasses
them both." (Cronon, 1995)<br>
<br>
“Introduced plants, animals, and pathogens often pose an
initially hidden but eventually monumental
problem...Their harmful effects are often subtle and
surreptitious, but<br>
the eventual impacts on the economy or natural
environment are no less real, and [are] often disastrous
and even irreversible.” (Daniel Simberloff, 1996)<o:p></o:p></p>
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Le 2013-06-03 à 14:52, "Lorraine Johnson" <<a
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a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might be interested in this recent
Ontario Superior Court decision regarding a boundary tree in
Toronto. Also attached is a press release from two of the
people involved in the case.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I plan to write an article about this for
<i>Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly</i> and would very
much like to hear from anyone with comments on the decision.
Please feel free to get in touch with me off-list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lorraine Johnson<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Writer, and editor of Ground<o:p></o:p></p>
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Final Press Release 05- 21-13.pdf><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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