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1UEARY TO MANAGE THE URBAN TREES FOR THE MUNICIPALITY
4HE #OUNCIL $EPARTMENT OF 3TREETS AND 2OADS AND THE
0ARKS $EPARTMENT ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT
OF TREES IN THE #ITY !S OPPOSED TO HOW THINGS ARE DONE
IN +ILDARE IN ,EXINGTON RESIDENTS ARE TASKED WITH MAN
AGING THEIR OWN TREES SO THAT THEY ARE NOT A HINDRANCE
TO FOOT OR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
/NE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES TO TREES IN ,EXINGTON IS
%MERALD !SH "ORER ,UCKILY WE DONT HAVE THIS PROBLEM
IN )RELAND BUT THERE IS SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE INTRO
DUCTION OF !SH $IEBACK $ISEASE COMING IN FROM %UROPE
4HIS IS A FUNGAL DISEASE THAT CAUSES DIEBACK BUT FORTU
NATELY IS NOT AS DEVASTATING AS %!"
*OHN EXPLAINED ABOUT HIS MAIN AREA OF WORK WHICH IS THE
h2EFOREST THE "LUEGRASSv PROGRAMME BEGUN IN
4HE AIM OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO RECREATE PRESETTLEMENT
STREAM FORESTS THAT WERE ONCE NATIVE TO THE "LUEGRASS
2EGION 4HE PLANTING SCHEMES TAKE PLACE EACH SPRING
AT A LOCATION IN ,EXINGTON AND INVOLVE THE PUBLIC *OHN
IS ALSO CARRYING OUT A TREE CANOPY SURVEY OF ,EXINGTON
WHICH HE HOPES WILL INFORM FUTURE TREE MANAGEMENT
POLICY IN THE CITY
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