Are there any home owners near by that can provide stewadrship for trees if they are planted? If so and they agree to do so they can then ask to be put on the Urban Resource Initiative (URI) greenskills planting list for the fall or apply to plant them in a community effort as a URI green space group. See the link to find out more. Have fun with trees!
http://www.yale.edu/uri/

In favor. Could the Town Green Special Services District provide stewardship here?

THERE ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH TREES IN NEW HAVEN.......MANY TREE LIMBS ARE HANGING OVER THE STREETS WAITING TO FALL ON ONES HEAD OR CAR............WE DONT NEED ANY MORE TREES THEY ARE A DISASTER.

I disagree, Karen. Based on comparisons with other urban policies, I think we need at least 50,000 more trees in our city. Properly managed trees are very important to the health and economy of a city and its residents.

The TGSSD was gracious enough to provide stewardship up the road for the 8 trees planted at State and Elm on May 15th. Their budget is rather strapped. I think some vested business owners (CT Data Haven and SeeClickFix perhaps) could provide the necessary stewardship at this location. I believe their businesses are just at this street corner.

With that Stewardship, URI would be approachable (assuming the tree beds are 4' x 8' and don't need more work done to widen them - that would be the property owners' issue I believe)

Seeclickfix would provide the stewardship for these trees! Should have mentioned that when I reported.

That sounds good, Doug. Also, thank you for pointing out TGSSD's recent contribution to our city canopy -- sounds like New Haven needs only 49,992 more trees now :) Thanks to TGSSD for being such great stewards of the area.

Karen, New Haven’s mature tree canopy is one of its greatest assets. It is among the top three things I mention when I explain why New Haven is a great place to live. They are a legacy of New Haven’s storied past.

New trees are a legacy that we leave for the future.

The other things I mention is the number and quality of New Haven’s parks and the fact that everywhere in New Haven is both within a 15-minute bike ride of downtown and within a 15-minute bike ride of the countryside. Even Portland, OR cannot boast that (it takes me an hour and twenty minutes to commute across Portland to work).

We have two parks—East Rock and Edgewood—designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead, the designer of Central Park. Then there’s Edgerton, the former grounds of a mansion whose widowed owner couldn’t stand the idea of anyone else living in her house and thus donated the grounds to the city on condition that they demolish the mansion, and West Rock, home to dozens of species of rare plants and butterflies that can’t survive anywhere else in New England.

Few American cities have tree canopies as mature and extensive as New Haven’s. This is a resource that we must cherish, maintain, and replace as it ages. The fact is that our forefathers planted so many trees during New Haven’s last golden age, from the late 1800s to the 1950s, that we must plant thousands of trees per year simply to replace what we are losing to the passage of time. You may find this to be an annoying burden; I find it to be a glorious, worthwhile endeavor that will benefit generations to come.

Tree Bed One - has a stump, 5' x 5', no tree grate

tree grate two, has a stump, 5' x 5', has a tree grate

I am passing this info along to URI as well - we'll see what else may be needed. I know the stumps will have to be removed, and the tree beds may have to be widened a bit (depending on species).

New Haven’s leadership in tree planting has garnered national attention! My mom was forwarded this by a tree planting group in Portland, Oregon: http://actrees.org/site/news/newsroom/new_haven_plans_for_10000_trees_in_5_years.php?tag=news

trees are a disaster on whitney ave new haven, ridge road in hamden and north haven, the merritt turnpike and just about everywhere.........what idiot plants trees on a major street.............they eventually grow old and the heavy tree limbs kill people.............kill the trees!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Doug,
What did URI say about the stumps? These are outside our office and we can water them if we do a downtown planting next year.

i let you down - i'll follow up again and try to get it on the spring list. with SCF as a sponsor, i'm sure we can get them planted

We'll be the water boys :)

Great news folks! I am meeting Chris from URI next Wednesday March 6 at 2:00 PM to walk 9th Square. We will be assessing where to plant for this Summer's first ever 9th Square Greenspace group!!

That's awesome. Thank you Chris!

New Haven does not need any more trees unless those who live here are willing to rake them when the leaves fall, and the city keeps them in good shape. The existing tress are a mess. It's really interesting that those who are in favor of more trees do nothing to maintain them. Most who want the trees move out of the city and forget about them anyway. What a joke!!!

@rosa,
I have lived here all my life, have planted 40+ trees and watered each of them with my neighbors. I have to disagree.

I think New Haven desperately needs more trees. The economic value of each tree is enormous. If there are areas where there are not enough neighbors to water them, then the city should step in and water them. In the long term, it saves the city and everyone else huge sums of money.

Hello friends,
We 'll be planting trees here this Summer. Stay tuned and follow this issue if you want to receive updates when we are planting.

Trees were planted by neighbors and URI and SeeClickFix and the Army and the Grove today.

Thanks for fixing this issue!