Neighborhood Foresters regain access for public paths, clean up 15 traffic circles and chicanes, & remove overhead utility conflicts

In January 2022, Dunbar Spring Neighborhood Foresters volunteers worked over 75 hours with neighbors to prune over ten blocks of public right-of-way pedestrian paths to regain the City’s requirement of a minimum 7-foot-tall, 5-foot-wide continuous cleared accessway in our neighborhood this January before prunings were mulched, eaten by neighborhood goats, or picked up by brush & bulky.

We prioritize our work in the neighborhood where we directly collaborate with one or more neighbors living or working on that block. Reach out to us at neighborhoodforesters@gmail.com if you’d like to collaborate with us on your block.

We want access to and through our neighborhood forest to be easy and accessible for everyone to encourage a greater appreciation for, a collaborative stewarding of, and on-going growth of the forest.

At fifteen water-harvesting traffic-calming round-a-bouts and chicanes Neighborhood Foresters pruned to remove conflicts with traffic, invasive plants and weeds were removed, and litter was cleaned up.

Additionally, two blocks of street trees were pruned to eliminate conflicts with overhead utility lines during our Pruning 2.0: Hands-on overhead tree pruning & overhead utility line safety workshop.

Trees growing into power lines can pose a serious fire danger, so we are encouraging folks to be proactive to avoid that danger.

Next pruning workshop is Saturday, February 12, 2022
Pruning 1.0: Hands-on pruning, tree care, & mulching workshop
Come join us!

Next brush & bulky pick up
The next brush & bulky pick up scheduled for the Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood is July 25, 2022.

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