[CANUFNET] Heritage Trees

[Mark Carroll]

Hey Michael
It is usually the municipality that will provide a notice of motion to designate a tree under the Heritage Act. The Province can do it as well as the Federal Gov. It just takes the initiative from the local residents to initiate the process. There may be the opportunity to designate under the Heritage Act when a Heritage District is identified and one of the reasons for the heritage district is the architecture and age of the buildings and the landscape features that support the Heritage designation. This seem to be my experience. I have also had some success in designating a tree. There is a 150 to 200 year old American Elm that I was successful in getting designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. The tree was owned by the Province on a new GO Station property. It took the kids in local schools and some residents to get involved and then I went to the Town Staff, Metro Linx, (controller of GO) and finally the local MPP and news media. It was then that the local municipal council went to the Ontario Heritage Board to ask that the tree be designated. It took about 6 months. It can be done. There are a few trees in Ontario that have the "H" designation installed on the trees.No specialized training, just my ISA designation and my knowledge of trees. A good argument goes over as well.
Cheers,
Mark CarrollISA Certified ArboristCertified Soil BiologistMunicipal Consultant
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    On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 11:28:20 a.m. EDT, Michael Richardson via CANUFNET <canufnet at list.web.net> wrote:  
 
 Who can designate a tree as "heritage"?

There is a Canadian Association Heritage Professionals, are these the
people to designate or is this the job of an arborist, forester, urban
forester, horticulturalist, or a municipal employee, or perhaps a
committee of council or ad hoc group?

Is there any criteria and specialized training or is this another chance
to set up a pay-to-play scheme?



  
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