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Cities Boroughs Townships Total No. % No. % No. % No. % Yes 21 77% 120 30% 31 6% 172 17% No 6 22% 269 68% 531 94% 806 82% Not Sure 0 - 8 2% 2 - 10 1% Totals 27 397 564 988 - Table 2.
Would you like to learn more about municipal tree care at a workshop in yourarea; if so, how much time could you spend?
Cities Boroughs Townships Total No. % No. % No. % No. % Yes, 2 Weekdays 7 26% 28 7% 16 3% 51 5% Yes, 1 Weekday 13 48% 106 27% 73 13% 192 19% Yes, Evenings 8 29% 105 27% 65 12% 178 18% Yes, Saturday 4 15% 60 15% 31 5% 95 10% Sum of yes responses 21 78% 222 56% 142 25% 385 39% - Table 3.
Would you be interested in receiving a brochure and/or newsletter about community tree care programs?
Cities Boroughs Townships Total Interested in: No. % No. % No. % No. % Brochure 21 78% 277 70% 177 31% 475 48% Newsletter 22 81% 238 60% 220 39% 480 49% Neither 1 4% 85 21% 293 52% 379 38% - Table 4.
Does your community have a Shade Tree Commission, tree ordinance, or tree inventory?
Response STC Ordinance Inventory No. % No. % No. % Yes 92 57% 116 73% 45 28% No 66 42% 35 22% 112 71% Not sure 1 1% 7 5% 2 1% - Table 5.
In your estimation, what percentage of the community’s street mileage is lined with trees?
Response No. % Greater than 80% 41 26% 60-79% 36 23% 40-59% 32 20% 20-39% 27 17% 0-19% 22 14% - Table 6.
In the past five years, how has the number of trees planted compared with the number of trees removed?
Response No. % More planted than removed 63 29% As many planted as removed 37 23% More removed than planted 46 40% Not sure 12 8% Response No. % One or more times yearly 67 44% Less than once yearly 9 24% Never 10 5% Only when trees are removed 32 7% Not sure 20 20% Response No. % STC 54 43% Adjacent Landowner 18 14% Municipal employee 24 19% Nursery or contractor 10 8% Other 14 11% Not sure 6 5% Response No. % Municipality 91 57% Adjacent landowners, permit needed 61 39% Adjacent landowners, permit not needed 43 27% Others with permits 16 10% Authority not defined 23 15% - Table 10.
What percentage of the municipality’s street trees are in good or excellent condition?
Response No. % Greater than 75% 42 27% 50-74% 60 38% Less than half 25 16% No basis for judgement 30 19% Response No. % City employees 74 47% Landowners 73 47% Contractors 64 41% No pruning work is done 10 6% - Table 12.
What percentage of the street trees in the community are pruned within a five year period?
Response No. % Greater than 80% 19 12% 60-79% 10 6% 40-59% 12 8% 20-39% 20 13% 1-19% 54 34% No 9 5% Not sure 35 22% - Table 13.
What types of maintenance work on trees have been done on a scheduled basis in the past five years?
Response No. % Fertilizing 29 9% Watering 35 22% Spraying 39 25% Cabling 20 29% Wound repair 23 15% None of the above 65 41% Response No. % The municipality 98 79% Landowners 85 53% Electrical utilities 56 35% Contractors 67 42% Responsibility not defined 13 8% - Table 15.
How helpful would information about the following topics be to your municipality in conducting or developing a street tree program?
Topic Very helpful Somewhat helpful Not helpful No. % No. % No. % cost-sharing programs 103 75% 21 15% 14 10% species selection 86 63% 35 26% 15 11% pruning techniques 80 60% 41 31% 13 ‘9% raising funds 78 60% 28 22% 23 18% disease& pest control 76 59% 41 32% 11 9% street tree inventories 69 54% 37 29% 21 17% starting a program 63 52% 31 26% 26 22% street tree ordinances 63 50% 34 27% 28 23% planting methods 61 49% 46 37% 18 14% fertilization 62 48% 49 38% 17 14% removal of trees 53 42% 46 37% 26 21% consultant services 50 40% 48 39% 26 21% nuisance birds 39 32% 38 31% 45 37% birdwatching& trees 28 24% 39 33% 50 43%
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