Trees in the News
Committee takes conservative route with city tree fund
By Donna Beth WeilenmanStaff Reporter– The Benicia Herald Benicia Tree Committee agreed Monday night with its staff adviser that the city’s tree fund should be spent cautiously. “We’re in a budget crisis,” Mario Giuliani of the office of the director of Parks and Community Services told the panel. The committee oversees the fund, which was […]
Oak may become Benicia’s first ‘Heritage Tree’
By Donna Beth WeilenmanStaff Reporter – The Benicia Herald A decades-old coastal oak in City Park may become Benicia’s first “Heritage Tree,” Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission Chairman Nancy Cockerham said Thursday. The Tree Committee, a commission subcommittee, will hear a report on the tree’s nomination Monday. The city’s Tree Foundation nominated the tree for […]
Parks, Rec and Cemetery Commission Says Tree Should Receive Special Status
By Clarisa Morales Roberts – Benicia.Patch.com Benicia is poised to have its first Heritage Tree if City Council approves a Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission recommendation made at their meeting, Wednesday night, February 9 at City Hall. The Benicia Tree Foundation recommended that a Coastal Live Oak in Jenson Park be designated as a Heritage […]
Parks and Rec Commission Will Consider Heritage Tree
By JB Davis – Benicia.Patch.com The city’s Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission is poised to recommend granting Heritage Tree status to a coastal live oak in the southwest quadrant of City Park. The commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the Commission Room in BeniciaCity Hall, 250 East L St. The commission is also […]
City Trees Worth Nearly 13 Million
By Ed Brennan, Benicia Patch. Benicia oversees the well-being of 4,320 trees, 43 of which should get the axe because of structural defects or poor health, according to a new inventory of the city’s trees. The report presented Thursday valued the city’s trees at nearly $13 million and named the Bradford pear as the city’s […]
Finding New Ways to Get Kids Interested in Trees
California ReLeaf In October, the Benicia Tree Foundation tried something new. They gave away an iPad to get area youth interested in their urban forest. Students in 5th through 12th grade were challenged to correctly identify the most trees species within the City of Benicia. Ninth-grader Amanda Radtke won an iPad from the city for […]
City of Benicia – Developing and Implementing a Tree Program
November 1, 2010 In 2008, after a multi-year public process, the City of Benicia started its new tree program with the adoption of an updated tree ordinance. The goals of the program include completing an inventory of City trees, increased tree planting, adoption of a modern tree management plan that specifies proper maintenance practices, public […]
Some City Trees May Discourage ‘Shady’ Behavior
PORTLAND, Ore. November 1, 2010. Along with energy conservation and storm-water reduction, scientists may soon be adding crime-fighting to the list of benefits that urban trees provide. Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest (PNW) and Southern Research Stations have published a new study that suggests that certain types of city trees may help […]