[CANUFNET] Citizen Pruner Program

[RViehbeck at thunderbay.ca]

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.

Thank you.  We appreciate any comments, suggestion or program material on 
this subject.

Rena Viehbeck
Tree Stewardship Program Coordinator 
The City of Thunder Bay
807.625.2956 (tel)
807.625.3258 (fax)
rviehbeck at thunderbay.ca

Parks Division, Victoriaville Civic Centre
111 Syndicate Avenue South
Thunder Bay ON P7E 6S4

www.treestewardship.com

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