[CANUFNET] Privately owned trees on publicly owned road right

Wed Feb 20 12:14:38 EST 2008

Att: Sheila Flint,

It seems that ownership and the damage to the driveway are two seperate issues.

The driveway, if it is indeed damaged, can be repaired and the tree can be root pruned with root barriers installed to prevent future damage. (based on an arborist assessing that the tree can be root prunned with out endangering it's stability.)

The ownership of the tree is a seperate issue and only impacts on who pays for the repair to the driveway and installation of root barriers.

Mike James

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   1. Privately owned trees on publicly owned road right of way
      (Sheila Flint)
   2. Re: Carbon auditor certification. (Michael Rosen)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:54:46 -0700
From: "Sheila Flint" <flint at strathcona.ab.ca>
Subject: [CANUFNET] Privately owned trees on publicly owned road right
        of way
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Good day to all. A resident has approached us to remove a spruce tree
located on his property. The tree is actually on County road right of
way but was not planted by the County or the developer. The tree has
never been maintained by our Parks department. Our legal department has
informed us that it is our responsibility as it is on road right of way.
The resident claims that the tree is hazardous and questions who would
be liable if it were to fall on his vehicle. We have done a hazard
assessment and the tree poses no risk that we can see.
Legal has informed us that the tree is ours to maintain in the future.
The resident was told that he could not remove the tree as it belongs to
our County.
Here is the question: The resident has come back stating that the tree
roots from this spruce are damaging his driveway. Does anyone have a
by-law or policy that covers this?

Sheila Flint
(780) 464-8496
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:39:23 -0500
From: "Michael Rosen" <mrosen at treecanada.ca>
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Carbon auditor certification.
To: "'Canadian Urban Forest Network'" <canufnet at list.web.net>
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Brad:

I have took the GHG Evaluators Course offered by Environment Canada 3 years
ago. I am not sure if it is still offered.

There is another organization which seems to be very active in these
courses, although forestry or trees are only used as ?examples? of offset
projects (along with methane capture projects etc.). I recognize some of the
partners:

:  <http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=z2tlTgJIP29xbxDYtGSWb> GHG Management
Institute

Michael Rosen, R.P.F.

President / pr?sident, Tree Canada / Arbres Canada

402 ? 222 Somerset St. West / 402 ? 222, rue Somerset ouest

Ottawa ON K2P 2G3

T 1.877-666-1444; 613. 567-5545 X. 222 ;  F/T?l?c (613) 567-5270

E/C mrosen at treecanada.ca

 <http://www.treecanada.ca/> www.treecanada.ca /
<http://www.arbrescanada.ca/> www.arbrescanada.ca

Canadian Urban Forest Conference , 24-26 septembre 2008 /

Conf?rence canadienne sur la for?t urbaine, 24 ? 26 septembre 2008

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From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net]
On Behalf Of Brad Gurr ISA Cert. Arborist
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 5:42 AM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Subject: [CANUFNET] Carbon auditor certification.

Is there any one offering courses or certification in carbon credit
auditing?
More specifically related to tree planting?

Thank you

Brad Gurr

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