[CANUFNET] Restricting Tree Height

Fri Jul 6 13:15:39 EDT 2012

Topping is bad…pollarding is not topping….some older trees may need to be crown reduced in height in order to retain them…it depends. 

But in general, no municipality we have worked for have any ‘tree height restriction’ policies…

Philip van Wassenaer, B.SC., MFC

1248 Minnewaska Trail

Mississauga, Ontario

Canada, L5G 3S5

Tel:  (905) 274-1022

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From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net [mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of stephen at ufora.ca
Sent: July-06-12 12:59 PM
To: canufnet at list.web.net
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Restricting Tree Height

I’ve seen thousands of pollarded silver maples in Toronto and Chatham that were done systematically over many years.  Tops and sides.  Not done much in the last 20 years or so since we started telling people that topping was bad.

Stephen Smith
Urban Forest Associates Inc.
Urban Forestry and Ecological Restoration
www.ufora.ca

From: McLeod, Geoff (IS - Parks) <mailto:Geoff.McLeod at Saskatoon.ca>  

Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 5:20 PM

To: mailto:canufnet at list.web.net 

Subject: [CANUFNET] Restricting Tree Height

Okay everyone, here’s one that I have never come across before.  Our corporate media person had someone contact them to see if we in Saskatoon were going to be doing anything about restricting the height of trees in our city.  They claim that some municipalities are already doing this.  I have never heard of this.  Has anyone out there heard of this?  I’d really like to know and some of the history behind this.

Thank you.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” 

Geoff McLeod

BSc, BSF, MSc

Superintendent

Urban Forestry and Pest Management

City of Saskatoon

Parks Branch

Ph: 306.975.2537  Fax: 306.975.3034

Email: geoff.mcleod at saskatoon.ca

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