Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) December 13, 2013

Finding the perfect Christmas tree - it's an annual tradition for many Philadelphia area families.

Whether small or large, plump or skinny, getting a Christmas tree that stays fresh and safe through the Holidays requires careful selection, set up and maintenance advises the ISA Certified Arborists at Giroud Tree and Lawn.

To get the best Christmas tree as the centerpiece for holiday decorations, Giroud Tree and Lawn provides these holiday tips:

1.Select a tree that is well hydrated. Branches should bend easily and needles stay attached when tested.

2.Cut a few inches off the bottom of the trunk and put the tree in a clean bucket of warm water to encourage uptake.

3.Stand the tree away from heat sources such as space heaters, fireplaces and hot air vents.

4.Fill the tree stand with cool or lukewarm water and check daily to ensure the trunk base is submerged.

5.For safety and to save electricity, turn off the lights at night or when no one is in the room.

When the tree starts to lose needles and dry out, it can become a fire hazard. Giroud Tree and Lawn advises homeowners to take the tree outside for disposal according to the communitys waste collection practices. By following these holiday tips, Philadelphia area families will have a Christmas tree that is safe and beautiful.

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Kansas City, MO - infoZine - This past summer, as part of the KC Parks Forestry Divisions Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Management Program, hundreds of Ash trees around the city were deliberately damaged in an attempt to attract the Emerald Ash Borer. Known as trap trees, the 700 trees in Platte, Clay and Jackson Counties were marked with tags explaining that the tree had been purposely stressed and that it would be removed at a later date, examined for signs of EAB beetles or larvae and properly disposed.

Only certain Ash trees within the City right-of-way or located on City property were stressed. Portions in each county were stressed so that the beetles spread and population growth can continue to be monitored over the next five years. Each spring, additional Ash trees that have not been treated will be stressed to create new trap trees and then removed in the winter months to be inspected.

However, in Platte County the beetle population has reached such a high level that all the City Ash trees, not being treated and or used as trap trees, will be removed.

The main purpose of trap trees is to monitor the spread of EAB and the population density. As the population builds in an area thousands of Ash trees begin dying at the same time.

Trap trees were created by stripping away portions of the bark around the trunk of the tree. This sends stress signals out that attract the beetles. It is believed to be an effective way of determining if the EAB is in the area when population densities are still very low. A door hanger was placed at each residence where a tree was stressed and a small sign was posted on the street side of the tree trunk to educate citizens on the purpose of the trap tree, and warn them not to remove any parts of the tree so as not to potentially be spreading EAB. Since these trees are not treated they must be removed before the adult beetles emerge in May 2014 and spread the infestation. Each tree that is removed will be inspected for signs of EAB infestation, properly disposed of, and a replacement tree planted in a suitable location.

Residents of City of Kansas City, Missouri are reminded that if you have Ash tree debris from private property the City has provided disposal sites that will properly dispose of it so as not to spread EAB,

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BECKET -- Two towns and a tree-removal company are headed to trial in a legal battle over cleanup costs from a December 2008 ice storm.

Becket and Blandford have filed counterclaim suits in Superior Court against BRD LLC, the tree-removal company that sued them individually in 2012, alleging they weren't paid or paid in full for clearing up tree debris created by the storm.

The trial between Becket and BRD is scheduled for March 2, 2015, according to records from Hampden Superior Court in which the case will be heard. No trial date has yet been set for Blandford's case, which will be heard by the same jury after a judge approved the consolidation of the cases in February.

Last August, BRD LLC of Suffield, Conn., sued Becket, claiming the town had only paid $263,700 of its $875,218 bill for clearing and removing debris like limbs and trees. BRD also sued Blandford for not paying its cleanup bill.

Both towns hired BRD to perform debris removal in the spring of 2009. The costs were to be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but only for work directly related to the storm cleanup and documented to FEMA specifications.

In its suit, BRD claims the company performed the work, but was not paid or paid in full.

In lawsuits of their own, the towns claim that BRD not only didn't perform and document the work to the specifications required, but also instructed the towns not to pay the bills because the company hadn't properly documented its work.

The towns allege BRD worked beyond the parameters of its work order (such as cutting down healthy trees and ones on private property), didn't properly document the work it did, and sold town-owned trees to Moosehead Harvesting Inc., which is owned by the wife of BRD principal Robert Reed and the mother of the company's other principal, Robert Reed Jr., for profit.

The towns also allege its trees have either been sold or could be personally used by one or more of BRD's employees.

Despite BRD's objections, Judge Richard Carey in February 2013, citing "virtually identical facts and involve similar legal claims" approved a request to consolidate the cases being overseen by Kopelman & Paige, which is representing both towns.

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by Sue Dremann / Palo Alto Weekly

The removal of 543 trees from the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course could offer an opportunity to restore a portion of the Palo Alto Baylands to its natural state, the city's Parks and Recreation commissioners learned Tuesday evening.

A renovation and flood-control project would remove the equivalent of 6 acres of tree canopy from the course as part of the Golf Course Reconfiguration and Baylands Athletic Center Expansion Project. About 300 of them would be replaced.

The replacement trees would be smaller, native Bay Area species with less canopy, and it could take decades for the canopy to catch up to the level of environmental benefits offered by the trees standing today, according to a proposal report.

City staff presented the commission with three proposals for how to mitigate the tree removal, from replacing the trees in locations spread throughout the city to situating them all in city open space. The third proposal, a hybrid plan, would restore a portion of the Baylands to native wetland in addition to replacing hundreds of trees, Urban Forester Walter Passmore said.

Trees were not part of the native landscape to begin with, he noted.

The plan would net the city more than 800 trees to replace the 543 removed. In addition to planting trees at the golf course, some 500 saplings and seedlings at Pearson-Arastradero Preserve would be identified for focused preservation efforts, Passmore said.

Parks and Recreation commissioners were intrigued by the hybrid plan. It presents an opportunity to improve the wetlands while replacing the city's canopy, they said.

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Stevens Tree Service of Pinellas County owner Bob Dixon and his crew worked all day Nov. 27 grinding stumps and removing hazardous branches at Pinellas Hope, a "tent city" for the homeless located near Largo.

The company provided the service free of charge after Pinellas Hope won a hazardous tree removal contest sponsored by the company.

This is the fourth year Stevens Tree Service has provided free tree removal during Thanksgiving, and the first year a contest was held for the company's pro-bono holiday work.

According to Dixon, the shelter was selected as the winner of the contest because it had the greatest need.

"They had many dead, overhanging branches that were looming over tents that could fall and hurt someone," he explained. "They also had a lot of tree stumps along the walkways that were tripping hazards, especially at night because it is not lit."

Stevens Tree Service, 1334 Spalding Road in Dunedin, has been in Pinellas County more than 40 years and currently serves 2,500 customers in the Tampa Bay area, specializing in all aspects of tree care.

Visit stevenstreeservice.com.

Ignite Restaurant Group has opened its newest Brick House Tavern + Tap in Clearwater, the group's third Brick House location in Florida and one of 20 nationwide.

Built on the former site of Romano's Macaroni Grill at 28795 U.S. 19 N, the new 7,928-square-foot restaurant seats about 320 guests.

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