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Tree lovers hear State of the Urban Forest at public forum

Trees Nashville president Chris Armour reported the state of Nashville’s urban forest is good but could be better, and representatives of Metro Nashville and nonprofits discussed their efforts at a public forum October 24.

Dozens of tree lovers gathered to hear that Nashville is making strides in measuring, managing, and maintaining its urban forest.

A downtown tree inventory and a tree canopy assessment are underway. And Metro departments are moving toward working together on sharing resources to manage Nashville’s trees.

This should only be a short-term goal, Armour said. “Nashville needs an urban forester, the sooner the better,” he said. Read the whole report.

Metro departments, nonprofit groups work hard for Nashville’s trees

Public and private sectors discussed policy and programs as part of the public forum Let’s Talk Trees.

Randall Lantz talked about Parks’s responsibilities and the recently revamped Deaderick Street. Sharon Smith discussed the Mayor's Green Ribbon Committee report. Stephan Kivett from Codes provided an update on changes to the Tree Ordinance. Michael Hunt spoke of the importance of trees to Water Services, and Veronica Frazier from Public Works explained the requirements for street tree planting.

Nonprofit representatives Gwen Griffith of Cumberland River Compact, Carolyn Sorenson from Nashville Tree Foundation, and Thomas Solinsky from SoundForest described their missions and upcoming projects.

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Celebrating NeighborWoods Month are Trees Nashville Advisory Group members Sue Reinhardt, Veronica Frazier, Becky Dan, Miles the service dog in training, Carol Norton, Heather Langford, and president Chris Armour. The public forum was an official NeighborWoods event, part of a nationwide program of the Alliance of Community Trees.