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Draft Article for The Green Theme, Oregon Landscape Contractors Association Newsletter <br /> Title: "Urban ForestryUpdate from the Cityof Eugene" <br /> Date of Presentation: Thursday, May 16, 2002 <br /> Contact: Mark Snyder,Urban Forester, 682-4819 <br /> Summary: Mark Snyder, Urban Forester for the City of Eugene,will give an update on current <br /> events in the City that are of interest to the Oregon Landscape Contractors Association. Included <br /> topics include some statistics on the February 7 Wind Storm, up to the minute information on the <br /> LUBA appeal of LUCU and the Tree Code adopted last year, and a question and answer <br /> discussion of the City's partnership with American Forests, the Oregon Department of Forestry <br /> and several other cities in the state in a regional ecosystem analysis of forest cover changes in the <br /> Willamette Valley. <br /> DRAFT TEXT FOR GREEN THEME ARTICLE <br /> First of all,my thanks, once again, to Greg Giesy, for his help planting trees at Westmoreland <br /> Park. Last year, he helped coordinate a project that had over 100 volunteers planting 100 trees in <br /> the park. This year,he helped the Mayor pay tribute to Arbor Day in the City by replacing 10 <br /> that died,planting 7 new trees, and doing work to reinforce stakes and fencing around the rest of <br /> the original trees to protect them from damage at the Disc Golf Course. Greg deserves credit for <br /> his relentless community service and for his ingenuity in developing the right tool for the job— <br /> how many of you use a concrete worker's trowel when you plant trees? Greg does, and he <br /> swears by it! Too bad he lost it on Arbor Day.... <br /> A quick note on some topics I look forward to talking about with you on Thursday, May 16. <br /> Wind Storm. Many of you probably participated in some fashion in the response to the"wind <br /> event" of February 7. I know that several of the arborists I talked to were mightily tired out after <br /> several days (or weeks) of hard, dangerous work. Look for details of the City's response to the <br /> storm and its aftermath in the premier issue of the Parks and Open Space News, due to be mailed <br /> out to all residents in Eugene in early May. <br /> In the meantime, think about what an opportunity the storm presents you, as landscape <br /> contractors, to encourage your customers to recover from the storm's effects by hiring you to <br /> plant new trees. You can use your expertise in the field of plant selection, soils and plant culture <br /> to explain what happened in February,why some trees were uprooted,why others broke off at <br /> the trunk, and how you can help your clients minimize risk through proper tree selection and <br /> maintenance. <br /> Update on the Tree Code. As many of you know,the tree code and the new land use code, <br /> adopted and implemented last August 1st, were remanded by the state Land Use Board of <br /> Appeals on February 28. What that means for you is that, until the City addresses the changes <br />