Jefferson City, MO - infoZine - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) cost-share grants to help government agencies, public schools, and not-for-profit groups with the management, improvement, and conservation of trees and forests on public land. TRIM grants are used to help fund tree inventories, removal or pruning of hazardous trees, tree planting, and the training of volunteers and city and county employees to best care for community forests. TRIM grants are administered by MDC in cooperation with the Missouri Community Forest Council and the U.S. Forest Service. The TRIM grant program provides reimbursements of $1,000 to $25,000 to grant recipients to fund up to 60 percent of money needed for projects. Projects located in communities with The Arbor Day Foundations Tree City USA designation are eligible for an additional 10 percent in matching funds.

The deadline for TRIM grant applications is June 5.

To assist potential grant applicants, MDC will hold the following TRIM-grant workshops:

Licking: March 9, 9 to 11 a.m., at the MDC George O. White Nursery on Shafer Road. Contact MDC Resource Forester William Travis Mills to register at

Kirksville: March 19, 10 a.m. to noon, at the MDC Northeast Regional Office, 3500 S. Baltimore. Contact MDC Resource Forester Kyle Monroe to register at 573-248-2530 or

Joplin: March 24, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center, 201 W. Riviera Drive. Contact MDC Community Forester Jon Skinner to register at 417-629-3423 or

Springfield: March 25, 9:30 a.m. to noon, at the MDC Southwest Regional Office, 2630 Mayfair. Contact MDC Community Forester Cindy Garner to register at 417-895-6880 or

Kansas City: March 26, 10 a.m. to noon, at the MDC Gorman Discovery Center, 4750 Troost Ave. No registration is required.

Columbia: April 8, 10 a.m. to noon, at the MDC Columbia Regional Office, 3500 E. Gans Road. Contact MDC Resource Forester Ann Koenig to register at

Kirkwood: April 28 at 6 p.m. at the MDC Powder Valley Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Road. Contact Powder Valley Nature Center to register at 314-301-1500.

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HIGH LIFE: Michael Tavares climbed the kauri on a Titirangi, Auckland property on Monday morning.

A group created to save a 500-year-old kauri say they have spent more than $20,000 of their own money commissioning reportsand seeking legal counsel.

Plans to cut down the tree along with a 300-year-old rimu on a section in Titirangi, Auckland sparked the protest, which included a man who climbed the kauri and vowed to stay there until it was saved.

The trees were due to be felled on Monday morning to make way for two houses.

Protest organiser Aprilanne Bonar said the Save our Kauri group hasspent thousands out of their own pockets on reports and legal advice.

She said there are three key findings of the ecological, engineeringand specialist reports that they have commissioned.

The removal of the trees would have significant impact on environmentand community.

The storm water catchment area would have to increase to cope with thedevelopment.

The removal of the tree would compromise the stability of the bank.

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Tree protester plans long stay in kauri

The Greens are blaming the impending removal of a 500-year-old kauri tree in Titirangi on the Government's changes to the Resource Management Act and the Auckland super city structure.

Yesterday morning protester Michael Travaresclimbed the tree, which is healthy and free of the endemic kauri dieback disease, and is yet to come down. He has vowed to stay put in order to save it.

The council has given developers a green light to fell the kauri, along with a 300-year-old rimu, to build two new houses, but their decision has so far met with angry resistance.

There are only around 200 kauri left in the area around the suburb of Titirangi, many with dieback disease, and locals are outraged that such a healthy specimen has been scheduled for removal in the to make way for new houses.

"Kauris are dying, there is no cure for kauri dieback, we are scrubbing our feet, but that's only holding it, there is no cure so why are council allowing healthy kauris to be taken?" asks Winnie Charlesworth, who lives next door to the property where the protest is taking place.

Green Party environmental spokesperson Julie Anne Genter says before the super city was implemented, the former Waitakere City Council had a blanket protection on native trees. Now, each tree has to be individually listed.

"Obviously it's not in the interests of this particular developer to apply for the tree to be scheduled so it never was," she said on Firstline this morning.

"The council has to apply the rules of the plan and follow the Act they've decided on balance to let the developer make a few more bucks because ultimately, that's the direction National's taken environmental protection. They've said we can reduce environmental protection so some developers can make a little more money."

Ms Genter says Mayor Len Brown would "certainly not" approve of the tree's removal, but his hands are tied by the law.

"That's the reality of the super city as well our elected representatives on council don't really have a say in minor resource consent decisions like this."

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Dubbo City Council will remove 10 London plane trees in Erskine Street between Darling and Brisbane streets over the next two weekends.

DUBBO City Council will remove 10 London plane trees in Erskine Street between Darling and Brisbane streets over the next two weekends.

Council's Manager of Work Services Ian Bailey said the works were taking place at weekends when there was less traffic.

"However, due to the speed restrictions and detours that will be in place, if you have a sporting event to attend or intend travelling in either direction on Erskine Street it might be wise to plan your journey a little earlier or choose an alternate route," he said.

Traffic would be diverted off Erskine Street to Brisbane, Bourke and Myall streets in both directions.

The works will start on Saturday, February 14, then Sunday, February 15, from 7am to 5pm and would recommence the following weekend from Saturday, 21, to Sunday, 22, of February from 7am to 5 pm.

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The removal of protection for urban trees by the Government is threatening a 500-year-old kauri tree, and is just the thin end of the wedge if the Government is to gut the Resource Management Act (RMA) further, the Green Party said today.

"When its ok for one of our oldest and most treasured trees to be chopped down to maximise profit, and allowed under the latest changes to the RMA, theres something very wrong here. Environmental protection in our legislation and our local government rules isnt strong enough," said Green Party environmental spokesperson Julie Anne Genter.

"Nick Smith is planning an even more brutal assault on our environment by watering down the principles of the RMA that ensure our cherished places and assets like our forests, our beaches, or open spaces are looked after.

"Trees like the kauri are intrinsic to our identity, and were working hard to save them from kauri dieback disease. There are only around 200 left in the Waitakere area, where protestors are fighting to save the 500-year-old tree.

"Further changes to the RMA will only sacrifice our landscapes all in the name of affordable housing, which Nick Smith clearly cant guarantee.

"There are alternatives to shredding the RMA. The Green Party would bring in a Progressive Ownership Initiative that will see low-income families rent-to-own government-built homes at an affordable price, and introduce measures to slow down the rate of property price rises such as a capital gains tax.

"These and other measures would address housing affordability without endangering the environment and the things we love about it," said Ms Genter.

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The fate of a 500-year-old kauri tree lies in the hands of developers after Auckland Council refused to rescue it from the axe.

The ancient tree in Titirangi was saved on Monday morning after a group of 50 locals showed up to protest its removal by contractors.

The arborists left after protester Michael Tavares, who heard of the protest via Twitter, climbed 25 metres up the tree's trunk and refused to budge.

He told Radio New Zealand he was "prepared to spend some time up here."

"I'm safe up here so long as work isn't attempted to fell this or other trees near it."

Auckland Council is sticking to its original decision to grant consent for the removal of the trees to make way for building improvements.

In a statement released on Monday, the council's resource consent manager David Oakhill said council assessed the ecological value of the site and was satisfied developers would keep environmental effects to a minimum.

"In fact, the developers have elected to build the houses close to the road which minimises the number of trees that needs to be removed because there will be no long driveways," Mr Oakhill said.

Asked what happens now, an Auckland Council spokeswoman said the removal decision was in the hands of developers.

Protest organiser and local resident Aprilanne Bonar said she was relieved their actions won the tree a last-minute reprieve but said more work was needed to convince the Parnell-based developers from pushing forward.

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Protesters gather to rally against the felling of the 500-year-old kauri tree.

Auckland Council says it is powerless to intervene in saving a 500-year-old kauri in Titirangi.

Plans to fell the tree for a private housing development have drawn widespread criticism, including one tree climber who remains up the tree onMonday night.

The council's chief operating officer, Dean Kimpton, said in a statement the council "has no mandate to revoke the consent and so for this tree nothing can be done".

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TREE PROTEST: "If I didn't climb the tree this morning it wouldn't be here now," Michael Travares says.

Kimpton defended the decision to grant the resource consent for the tree to be lopped, saying all due process was followed and a range of alternatives were considered.

"The decision is a balance between minimising the environmental effects with the developer's expectation he could build on his own property."

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