The Woodlands focuses on its trees
Here's a Chronicle story on a new effort The Woodlands is undertaking to save its wonderful trees:
Trees are the top reason residents cite for living in The Woodlands, and now the community is taking steps to ensure the forest remains part of its legacy.
"The trees are the number one reason that residents live here," said John Powers, director of Parks and Recreation for The Woodlands. "It's what makes the woods in The Woodlands. If we don't properly manage it, we won't have it."
The Woodlands recently kicked off a comprehensive project to save the forest in the community. Called the Integrated Forest Management Plan, the project includes community education, reforestation efforts, hazardous tree removal, insect and disease monitoring, and invader species and brush removal. The effort will enlist staff, contractors and resident volunteers to maintain trees in the community.
The most visible signs of the new program are trucks on many major thoroughfares removing vines and tallow trees from medians and the roadside, particularly along Grogan's Mill. Removing these non-native species will reduce the density of the forest and allow native species to grow.
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The community also has embarked on an aggressive reforestation effort, especially along Woodlands Parkway, Research Forest, Gosling and Grogan's Mill. Last fall, 35,000 seedlings were planted along the thoroughfares and are doing so well they may need to be thinned out.
This spring, parks will plant 3,500 larger trees and 30,000 more seedlings in the existing areas as well as on Alden Bridge Drive, Cochran's Crossing Drive and the Millbend Loop.
Yes, I know I have a thing for trees. I wish Harris County would have more of a thing for trees.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 02/03/05 02:56 PM | Print | Comments (5)
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