Local Bases, Towns Recognized As ‘Tree Cities’

January 9, 2014

Five towns and cities and three military installations in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties have been recognized  for continuing their traditions as Tree City USA participants for 2013.

Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Milton and Pensacola as well as Hurlburt Field, NAS Whiting Field and NAS Pensacola were credited as Tree Cities based on their work with urban forestry.

The Tree City USA program is a national program that provides the framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across the United States.  Communities achieve Tree City USA status by meeting four core standards: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day.

There were 166 Tree Cities recognized across the state in 2012.

Comments

2 Responses to “Local Bases, Towns Recognized As ‘Tree Cities’”

  1. gst on January 11th, 2014 3:45 am

    these people that picked anything to do with Escambia county must have been paid off with some of that 4 cent gas tax money. Escambia County has one of the worst track records about tree protection!

  2. A.E.Stone on January 10th, 2014 2:32 pm

    Oddly enough, with all the bulldozing and bulk razing being done by the
    DOT, I thought they were going more for the “blistering eyesore of a sandpit”
    look.

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