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rban Forestry
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Planted 119 trees and pruned 680 trees in city parks and along city streets. Removed 225 hazardous trees from city parks and streets. Treated city-owned ash trees for the seventh consecutive year for protection against the emerald ash borer. Urban Forester Erin Hatch and Urban Forestry staff Kevin Prince and Haskell Smith attended the Indiana Arborist Association’s annual meeting in Indianapolis. Urban Forester Erin Hatch earned Certified Arborist designation through the International Society of Arboriculture. Planted a total of seven memorial trees in Bryan Park, Lower Cascades Park, RCA Community Park, The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park, and Twin Lakes Sports Park. Bloomington was named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the 35th consecutive year. Annual Arbor Day tree planting ceremony was cancelled due to COVID-19.
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andscaping
• Contracted with Eco Logic to manage invasive plants and install native plantings at Miller-Showers Park. • Utilized tractor-mounted mulching equipment to remove 29.25 acres of woody invasive plants at Olcott Park, the Renwick Trail, Clear Creek Trail, B-Line Trail, and the Skate Park at Upper Cascades.
• Planted 290 native trees and shrubs at Olcott Park, 264 at Park Ridge East Park, 467 at Schmalz Farm Park, and 111 • • • • •
at Southeast Park. Assumed landscape maintenance responsibilities for 114,000 square feet of native landscaping at Switchyard Park. Expanded native pollinator garden at Park Ridge East Park by adding 300 native plants Renovated landscape medians at Twin Lakes Sports Park by adding trees, shrubs and perennials. Installed more than 7,755 native plants, sowed 15 acres with native seed, planted 5,125 native bare-root tree saplings, and 1,404 containerized native trees and shrubs at various city parks and city-managed landscape areas. Composted 500 cubic yards of organic yard waste
Urban Forestry/Landscaping/Cemeteries 2020 Program Activity Rose Hill Cemetery Lot Sales (cremation ground lots) 5 Mausoleum niche sales 1 Interments 14 Inurnments 11 Disinterments 0 Plot Surveys 1 White Oak Cemetery Lot Sales 20 Interments 16 Inurnments 0 Disinterments 0
Program Revenue General Fund-Cemeteries $47,750 General Fund-Landscaping/UF $0 Non-Reverting $8,650 Total 2020 Revenue $56,400 Program Expenses General Fund $1,074,067 Non-Reverting $940 Total 2020 Expenses $1,075,007
2020 Bloomington Parks and Recreation Annual Report 5
