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The appearance of commercial properties sends a message to customers and businesses. Incorporating trees and other natural features helps create a positive environment that attracts and welcomes consumers. This was the message approximately 80 municipal officials, citizens and professional planners, developers, engineers and builders received at the October 28, 1999 program Growing Greener: Conservation Design for Commercial Development. |
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As part of the workshop,
regional Penn State Extension Urban Forester, Vincent Cotrone presented
Using PA Blueprints, an interactive CD ROM that visually
illustrates how local land use codes look when implemented. This
national award winning CD ROM was developed by Kelleann Foster at
the Department of Landscape Architecture at Penn State University
and is available for municipal planners to examine their existing
land use codes and recommend changes. William Elmendorf, Instructor of Urban Forestry at Penn State University, presented Protecting Natural Resources During the Construction Process at the workshop. Mr. Elmendorf recently completed work on a Penn State Publication titled A Guide to Preserving Trees in Development Projects that can be obtained for free from the extension office. |
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Mr. Cotrone continues to provide the Borough of Milford Shade Tree Commission assistance as they recently completed an inventory of the street trees and are undertaking a hazardous tree assessment and removal program. As the 100-150 year old sugar maples decline in health due to age, drought, improper pruning cuts, road salt and other urban stressors, their structural integrity becomes questionable as does their safety along the streets. Utilizing ISA Certified Arborists, all questionable trees are vigorously evaluated before the decision to remove a tree is made. In an effort to address many of the issues involved in managing community trees, the extension urban forester partnered with the Milford Shade Tree Commission to develop and offer a dinner meeting titled Do Trees Affect Community Liability?. This well attended program featured speaker and attorney, Gilbert P. High, Jr. Esquire who specializes in municipal and tree related law in Pennsylvania and has spoken at many state and national conferences about tree hazards and community liability. |
| In the past year, Mr. Cotrone has had a large number of inquiries about the Hemlock Wooley Adelgid and its impact on the mature hemlock trees of Pike County. He will continue to work closely with the Pike County Conservation District and the DCNR Bureau of Forestry to assist forest landowners in managing this insect pest |
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