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Chico >> While it approved the removal of several trees from a north Chico neighborhood, the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission said no to another property owner in a different part of town who said her tree was causing problems.
The owner of a house on Bloomington Avenue in east Chico asked for the city's permission to remove a shingle oak in front of her house. She was willing to pay for the cost of removing and replacing the tree. In a letter to the commission, she said as a single mother of two, she found the responsibilities of taking care of the tree too much, along with her family duties. The Bloomington tree is planted in the city right-of-way, next to the street.
The Park Commission found none of the criteria to grant the removal on Monday.
While the homeowner cited leaves that held on past the end of the city's leaf collection program and irritating litter, the city bases removal decisions on reasons like roots breaking sidewalks or safety issues like dropping limbs.
Those issues were among the reasons that several residents on Cromwell Drive and Grafton Park got Park Commission approval to remove their city-owned trees, which were a different species yarwood sycamores.
Parks Manager Dan Efseaff said he is still working on a programmatic permit that would allow the easier removal of identified bothersome trees like the yarwood sycamore. The proposed permit would allow the Park Department to approve tree removal without going to the commission. The yarwood sycamore has been identified as a problem tree, but not the shingle oak.
Park commissioners and members of the public who inspected the tree said it was an attractive, healthy tree. The applicant did not speak at Monday's meeting.
In other news, the Park Commission gave its thanks to Omega Nu professional sorority which gave $1,000 to the Caper Acre playground renovation.
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Deforestation may have far greater consequences for climate change in some soils than in others, according to new research led by Yale University scientists -- a finding that could provide critical insights into which ecosystems must be managed with extra care because they are vulnerable to biodiversity loss and which ecosystems are more resilient to widespread tree removal.
In a comprehensive analysis of soil collected from 11 distinct U.S. regions, from Hawaii to northern Alaska, researchers found that the extent to which deforestation disturbs underground microbial communities that regulate the loss of carbon into the atmosphere depends almost exclusively on the texture of the soil. The results were published in the journal Global Change Biology.
"We were astonished that biodiversity changes were so strongly affected by soil texture and that it was such an overriding factor," said Thomas Crowther, a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and lead author of the study. "Texture overrode the effects of all the other variables that we thought might be important, including temperature, moisture, nutrient concentrations, and soil pH."
The study is a collaboration among Yale researchers and colleagues at the University of Boulder, Colorado and the University of Kentucky.
A serious consequence of deforestation is extensive loss of carbon from the soil, a process regulated by subterranean microbial diversity. Drastic changes to the microbial community are expected to allow more CO2 to escape into the atmosphere, with the potential to exaggerate global warming.
Specifically, the researchers found that deforestation dramatically alters microbial communities in sandy soils, but has minimal effects in muddy, clay-like soils, even after extensive tree removal.
According to the researchers, particles in fine, clay-like soil seem to have a larger surface area to bind nutrients and water. This capacity might buffer soil microbes against the disturbance of forest removal, they said. In contrast, sandy soils have larger particles with less surface area, retaining fewer nutrients and less organic matter.
"If you disrupt the community in a sandy soil, all of the nutrients the microbes rely on for food are leached away: they're lost into the atmosphere, lost into rivers, lost through rain," Crowther said. "But in clay-like soil, you can cut down the forest and the nutrients remain trapped tightly in the muddy clay."
The researchers also examined how the effects of deforestation on microbial biodiversity change over time. Contrary to their expectations, they found no correlation, even over the course of 200 years.
"The effects are consistent, no matter how long ago deforestation happened," Crowther said. "In a clay soil, you cut down the forest and the nutrients are retained for long periods of time and the community doesn't change. Whereas in a sandy soil, you cut down a forest and the community changes dramatically within only a couple of years."
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This Monday, March 31, 2014 photo provided by Allegheny Health Network shows an X-ray of a chain saw blade embedded in the neck of a patient, at Allegheny General Hospital, in Pittsburgh. James Valentine, a tree trimmer, was in a tree on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers left the saw in place to try to limit the bleeding. Valentine had emergency surgery and is recovering. AP
PITTSBURGH A tree trimmer is recovering after he was rushed to a hospital with a chain saw blade embedded in his neck.
James Valentine was in a tree on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the chain saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers left the saw in place to try to limit the bleeding.
Valentine had emergency surgery. Doctors say the saw missed major arteries and, instead, cut into muscle. A hospital released an X-ray Tuesday showing the saw still in the 21-year-olds neck.
Valentine works for a tree removal service. Its owner, Dominic Migliozzi, calls the rescue amazing.
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What would Princeton be without its trees? The blossoming pear trees on Witherspoon Street signal spring for many residents. Street trees provide shelter and shade that can save homeowners on air-conditioning and heating costs.
According to Princetons Shade Tree Commission (STC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that the net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to 10 room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day. And if that were not enough, trees bring birdsong, give off oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide and pollutants, reduce storm runoff and the possibility of flooding.
The job of protecting and managing the towns trees is overseen by the volunteers of the STC, working closely with municipal arborist Greg ONeil.
The seven-member commission (with two alternates), appointed by the mayor and assisted by one municipal employee, has just announced the completion of an inventory of Princetons street trees. The inventory database, which can be consulted on the STCs still-under-construction website (www.pbshadetree.org) will serve as a tool for Mr. ONeil and inform decisions about tree maintenance, removal, and new plantings. It is also open to residents curious about the trees on the streets where they live.
Anyone who has wondered what type of tree that magnificent specimen across the street is can go to the Shade Tree website and learn not only what species it is, but also its name, caliper, and estimated annual benefit, said STC member Janet Stern. Accompanying every tree is a Google map showing the site where the tree is located and an image of the tree.
In addition to the location of each tree within the public right-of-way, the database provides size, condition, hazard rating, and maintenance needs. As yet, the database is confined to the street trees and does not include municipal parks and open space, trees on private property, or on state or county roads.
According to STC Chair Sharon Ainsworth, Princeton has a total of 18,558 street trees and at least 179 different species. The top ten species are in order of percentage: Ash (white & green) 10.97, Red Maple 9.6, White Pine 5.11, Pin Oak 4.43, Norway Maple 4.4, London Plane 4.15, Sugar Maple 4.11, Tulip Poplar 3.32, Norway Spruce 3.24, and Eastern Hemlock 3.19.
Diversity of species is important, said Ms. Ainsworth, because too heavy a reliance on a single species could have significant consequences should some disease or insect problem arise. In neighboring states like Pennsylvania, the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is devastating the Ash tree population. To date the EAB hasnt been found in New Jersey but if it does cross the river, it would create significant management challenges, said the trained ornamental horticulturist who came to STC after serving with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture and as political liaison for Rutgers University for a combined period of 25 years.
As Ms. Ainsworth reports, most of Princetons street trees are deciduous and, as yet, it is too early to assess the full impact of this years winter storms. Although structural damage, like broken limbs, is already apparent, damage to a trees overall health, for example from salt application to roads and sidewalks or from the severe cold, will take longer to become evident.
Besides the new database, the STC website offers advice, including the best way to mulch a tree: mulch should be spread like a donut around the tree rather than packed up like a volcano; it should never be allowed to touch the trees bark, or piled higher than 3 to 4 inches; mulch that is too deep can promote fungal and bacterial diseases and wood chips or other coarse organic material are best.
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