[CANUFNET] Preserving Mature Trees in Urban Public Parks

[Croy, Owen]

Gina:

 

I was recently in Chicago for the blues festival.  The weather was hot,
and thousands of people had parked themselves in the shade under the
trees in the park (see attached photo).  You could contact the Chicago
Park folks and find out if they have a plan or strategy for managing
people and trees, as they have been doing this for quite some time.

 

Owen Croy

Manager of Parks

City of Surrey

 

From: canufnet-bounces at list.web.net
[mailto:canufnet-bounces at list.web.net] On Behalf Of Lorraine Johnson
Sent: August-10-12 11:59 AM
To: Canadian Urban Forest Network
Subject: Re: [CANUFNET] Preserving Mature Trees in Urban Public Parks

 

There's an article in Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly (issue #13,
Spring 2011, page 32) on the National Capital Commission's study of
impacts of festival events on parks/trees. (You can download a copy of
the magazine at www.oala.ca.)

 

cheers,

Lorraine Johnson

Editor, Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly

	----- Original Message ----- 

	From: Gina Brouwer <mailto:gina.brouwer at mail.utoronto.ca>  

	To: canufnet at list.web.net 

	Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:02 PM

	Subject: [CANUFNET] Preserving Mature Trees in Urban Public
Parks

	 

	Hello,

	I am a part-time student in the Master of Forest Conservation
program at U of Toronto and I will be completing my final research paper
this coming fall semester.  I have been doing studies for the Town of
Cobourg throughout this program including tree inventory, EAB Management
Plan and coordination of their Heritage NeighbourWoods pilot program
this past summer with the town arborist.  

	 

	I am starting to conduct background research for my final paper
which will focus on mature and heritage tree preservation and management
options.  I am looking at mature boulevard trees in the heritage
dristrict as well as mature trees in Victoria Park along the Cobourg
beach.  Of particular concern are the park trees and the impact of
increased park use and major festivals primarily relative to soil
compaction.  There has also been media attention lately surrounding the
impact of 'Ribfest' due to heat and grease.  The main park study area
has recently seen the death of two mature elms due to DED and branch
union failure of large silver maples.  The remaining mature trees are
primarily silver maple, a butternut and some massive cottonwood along
the boardwalk which have been getting attention as heritage candidates
from council and the community.  

	 

	I have not yet found much background information, guidelines or
precedents on managing user impacts in public urban parks and would
appreciate any experience or insight this group can share.  The Town has
started doing some investigation this year including compaction testing
around trees.  Testing leading up to the Canada Day festival in dry
conditions revealed extreme compaction. This will be an ongoing study to
gather data under various conditions in spring and fall.  There are also
discussions about mitigation measures such as radial excavation and
mulching.  

	 

	I appreciate any feedback.  

	 

	Many thanks!  

	 

	Gina Brouwer, OALA, CSLA, ISA

	* MFC Candidate 

	Manager of Landscape Architecture 

	Planning, Design and Development

	Canada Central East 

	D 905.372.2121 ext.249

	Gina.Brouwer at mail.utoronto.ca 

	Gina.Brouwer at aecom.com <mailto:Lisa.Cullen at aecom.com> 

	 

	AECOM
	513 Division Street
	Cobourg, ON  K9A 5G6

	T 905.372.2121 F 905.372.3621

	C: 905.373.5015
	www.aecom.com <http://www.aecom.com/> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20120810/6dd164d1/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: P6100113.JPG
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 3471205 bytes
Desc: P6100113.JPG
URL: <http://list.web.net/pipermail/canufnet/attachments/20120810/6dd164d1/attachment-0001.jpeg>