Tree Management Plan Action Items
Winter of
2024/2025:
·
CPD
was awarded a CRTI grant to plant 4 trees in Spring 2025
·
Homer
Tree was contracted to prune all trees in Stone Monroe and Beach Oak Parks.
·
CPD
Staff pruned all trees planted in 2024 for structure and health
·
Staff
attended the Urban and Community Forestry Forum “Confirm before Diagnosis Jump
through Hoops, Not to Conclusions” which covered tree pest and disease identification
topics
·
Superintendent
of Parks Sara Earhart presented at the 2025 IPRA Soaring to New Heights
Conference on the subject of “Best Practices in Tree Planting”
Fall of 2024:
Spring of
2024:
Winter of
2023/2024:
Fall of 2023:
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Community Park District Arborist Training Day
An urban forest management plan is an action plan; it gives public works agencies detailed information, recommendations, and resources needed to effectively and proactively manage public trees.
The Community Park District of La Grange Park was awarded a $8,265 grant to complete tree inventories and develop a management plan for its urban forest.
The funds were provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Urban and Community Forestry Core Grant Program and administered by The Morton Arboretum and the Chicago Region Trees Initiative (CRTI).
The Community Park District of La Grange Park Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the plan at the April 11, 2022 board meeting.
The Arbor Advocates are a citizen advisory group dedicated to helping the Community Park District in its mission to protect, preserve, and improve our tree population in La Grange Park. For more information, or to find out how you can help us help trees, email arboradvocates@communityparkdistrict.org.