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through a grant from the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources. These volunteers will engage residents in the urban forestry program, and allow limited staff and financial resources to focus on more difficult or dangerous tasks. Municipalities throughout the region have de- veloped successful programs using this same model, including Charlottesville, Front Royale, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia; Atlanta and Marietta, Georgia; Clarksville, Tennessee; and Washington, D.C. Volunteers will receive training through a series of classes focused on topics including tree identification, maintenance, planting, and hazard assessment. Each Tree Steward will then receive a certificate and be asked to provide at least 4 hours of volunteer service. Tree Stewards can assist by planting seedlings and saplings, performing simple preventative maintenance such as stake removal and mulch correction, providing information to their friends and neigh- bors at public events, and inspecting public trees in their neighborhoods.
Vehicles, Tools and Equipment Wake Forest currently owns and maintains much of the equipment that would occasionally be needed for staff to plant, maintain, or remove trees. It is recommended that the Urban Forestry Program coordinate with other departments to borrow this equipment or exchange services for intermittent tasks that require cur- rently available vehicles, equipment, or tools. For tasks of a recurring na- ture or where such exchanges are not possible, it is recommended that ad- ditional equipment be purchased.
An electronic data collector allows staff to locate and assess the condition of trees. One Juno 3b allowed for the collection of all data used to prepare this document.
currently available town vehicles and capital
Urban Forestry • Pickup truck: For transporting staff, tools, trees, and materials; could pull trailers as well Parks Maintenance • Dump truck and trailer: For transporting trees and other materials Electric Department • 60' bucket truckwith chip dump: Allows reaching the tops of the larger trees, transporting chips from tree removal or pruning operations. Requires CDL and expertise to use. • Wood chipper: For removing wood waste from tree removal projects
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