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East Hills Trees
The East Hills tree map is based on a street tree inventory conducted in August 2008 by volunteers working with inventory specialists from Bartlett Tree Experts. A numbered tag was attached to each street tree. Data collected for each tree included its species, age, height, condition, value, street address, and map coordinates, as well as pruning or removal recommendations.
What makes East Hills special? Involved neighbors, great housing stock, thriving business districts—and trees! The trees on our streets and in our parks, public spaces and yards play a vital role in the health and economic vitality of our neighborhood. Trees improve the quality of our air and water, reduce our energy costs, increase our property values, and make our neighborhood a more attractive, walkable and desirable place to live, work, and shop.
Our urban forest is a valuable asset. We can maximize the benefits of our investments in trees by preserving and enhancing our urban forest—taking good care of our existing trees and planting more trees so that we continue to have a thriving green canopy.
East Hills is committed to being a green, sustainable neighborhood. That’s why we’re paying attention to our urban forest—and why we’ve recently completed an inventory of our street and park trees and developed an urban forest plan for the neighborhood.
We invite you to join us in our efforts. You can learn more about the street trees on your block by checking out our tree map. You can learn about our urban forest plan, Valuing Our Trees (coming soon). You can join the East Hills Tree Team. And if you have questions about trees in our neighborhood, we invite you to call the East Hills Council of Neighbors, 454-9079, for more information.
And don’t forget to take good care of your street trees and the trees in your yard. Proper mulching and regular watering are vital. Your trees need your help!
Thank you for helping make East Hills a great, green neighborhood!
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