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with the City Forester

Email from David Barkley, Manager – Forestry Services, Ottawa [See also a Memo from staff to Council, 23 April 2012] 24 April 2012 Mr. Shuster, The 2008 Report is the Strategy that set out the high level approach for EAB in Ottawa, each year since then at Committee staff have updated Councillors on actions being taken, much of this information is found on the City’s web site at http://www.ottawa.ca/en/env_water/tlg/trees/preservation/eab/index.html. I

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$100M tax bill looming for Ottawa residents unless City changes course in managing Emerald Ash Borer

For Immediate Release Ottawa, May 24, 2012: Community groups and environmental organizations are sounding the alarm that unless the City of Ottawa opts to immediately start treating the bulk of its Ash trees threatened by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), this City will be facing an economic and environmental crisis not seen before. The Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital released the attached detailed Position Paper at a news conference today, outlining

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Ash trees a windfall for the LRT?

It’s VERY interesting to compare the three articles below. The first from the Citizen is dated April 17, 2012, and the second from the Sun is dated July 12, 2011. The third was published in the Sun, also on April 17. The first indicates that there “may” be a home for felled infected Ash trees in LRT stations, but the second published nine months ago calls these trees a “windfall

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Lessons from Vermont

April 19, 2012 Ann Coffey reports: The attached PDF from Vermont (632 KB) states: “Management practices that eliminate ash could be a greater threat to ash than EAB itself”. Retain ash to provide wildlife benefits. Consider ash as a seed source, and unhealthy ash trees as potential future snags. Dead trees may be used for nesting, feeding and/or as a perch site. Where practical, and with due consideration of safety,

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Emerald Ash Borer campaign

A first call to action, sponsored by the Greenspace Alliance and the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre (April 18, 2012) Lessons from Vermont Ash trees a windfall for the LRT? Media coverage, letters to the editor and to Council Say it with pictures TreeAzin Booklet from BioForest Technologies Media Release of May 24, 2012 A position paper: Saving Ottawa’s Trees Correspondence with City Hall >> City of Ottawa news release, July 11,

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Ted Cooper in his own words

February 16, 2008 The Ottawa Citizen of Saturday, February 16 [article no longer online] (The Observer, page B7) carried an op-ed piece by Ted Cooper wherein he discusses his motivation for contesting decisions about development along the Carp River and why fellow engineers appear to neglect their prime duty: Safeguarding of public health and safety. Erwin Dreessen Updated February 20, 2008 OMB Appeal: Ted Cooper’s Witness Statement An Ontario Municipal