The city of Sitka is working with the community assistance forester from the state Division of Forestry to inventory the city's tree supply, as a way to properly value and maintain as many as 1,000 trees on municipal land.
The city Parks and Recreation Department and Tree and Landscape Committee applied for a $26,000 state grant to inventory the trees on city land. Besides paying for the basic inventory of the trees, the grant covers the costs of hiring a consulting arborist to provide training and software, and ultimately an urban forest management plan.
