[CANUFNET] Trees as public assets

[Ross]

MessageI am not really in the Edmonton loop on this but I do know that the asset management people here did include trees (i.e. replacement value). The value is huge!
Hope this helps
Ross

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ian Wilson 
  To: Canadian Urban Forest Network 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:35 AM
  Subject: [CANUFNET] Trees as public assets


  Our city is currently going through a process to account for all of our public assets - apparently this is now required under provincial and/or federal law.  I'm assuming that other cities across Canada must be doing the same thing, if you haven't already.  So we're looking at all of our park benches, buildings, land, etc.

  However, when it comes to trees, I've been told that trees are not part of the process, at least at this point.  I think this is probably because the accountants don't really understand trees as assets, and that they have a value (and that they appreciate over time, rather than depreciate).   I believe that the same issue came up in the United States a couple years ago and that the U.S. cities did end up accounting for their tree assets as well.

  Assuming that some of you are going through this same process, my question is, are any of you submitting your tree asset values?  We have already done the necessary appraisal calculations for our tree inventory and I suspect that some of you have done so too.

  thanks, Ian


  Ian Wilson, MPM, RPF, Certified Arborist
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