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r ~ <br /> <br /> ~ ^s <br /> ~ ~ <br /> ~~~~~~'L <br /> JI ~ <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> NOVEMB R 18, 1994 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5262 <br /> CONTAC Jan Staszewski, Eugene Urban Forester, 687-5220 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 <br /> FOR I DIATE RELEASE <br /> DECAYED DOWNTOWN CEDARS TO BE REMOVED <br /> Four incense cedar trees with extensive internal decay are scheduled to be <br /> removed fr m the downtown area in late November. The 60- to 100-foot-tall trees are <br /> located in e West Park block, on the west side of Oak Street and the south side of Eighth <br /> Avenue. iry tree maintenance staff will remove them during the week of November 28. <br /> The trees were examined by Jan Staszewski, the City's urban forester, and by Mari <br /> Kramer, a acting forestry agent for the local office of the OSU Extension Service. Both <br /> tree expe agreed that four of the I6 trees in the park blocks are in hazardous condition due <br /> to extensiv brown rot and other unsafe conditions, such as open cavities, broken tops, and <br /> weakened p limbs. Most likely, high winds or heavy accumulations of snow or ice caused <br /> the origina tops of these trees to break off, allowing decay-causing fungus to enter the <br /> heartwood There are no cures or preventive measures that can be taken to stem the <br /> advancem t of the decay. <br /> Th evaluations found two of the trees with hazard ratings of 8 and two of the trees <br /> with hazar ratings of 9. The trees were ranked using a hazard rating scale of 1 to 9, with 9 <br /> ranked the most hazardous. <br /> (more) <br /> <br />