Tree Planting Projects

The City of Fayetteville Urban Forestry Division secured an $80,000 grant from the Arkansas Forestry Commission that is sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. This grant is broken into two parts. A portion of the money will be used to conduct a sample street tree inventory. This study will estimate tree health of right-of-way trees and determine if they need to be removed or pruned. The second part of the grant includes planting approximately 250 trees along streets or in parks to replace trees lost in the 2009 ice storm. This work will be conducted by an outside consultant hired by the Arkansas Forestry Commission.

Approximately 300 trees will be planted in various locations in town in 2010. This project is funded by the City Tree Escrow account. Developers paid money in-lieu of planting trees at the time of development approval into the fund for the City to plant trees at a later date. The first project of the year includes planting 57 trees in the streets rights-of-way of the Clabber Creek Phase II development off Mt Comfort Rd.