Author
Dentice, DanaTitle
Tree City USA Communities, 2011Series
Wisconsin Urban and Community Forests, Vol. 20, #1, Spring/Summer 2012Publisher
Wiscosin DNR, Forestry DivisionCity
MadisonDate
2012Original Date
Comments
Lists the following Tree Cities of interest: Ashland, Marshfield, Merrill, Stevens Point, Superior, Tomahawk, Washburn, and Wausau. Article lists criteria for being a Tree City as: 1) a designated tree board or forestry department, 2) a tree care ordinance, 3) an annual forestry program expenditure of at least $2 per capita, and 4) observe and proclaim Arbor Day. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and administered in Wisconsin by the DNR. It also lists UW-Stevens Poiint as one of three Tree Campus USA in Wisconsin.
Libraries
- Bookwood Historical Collection, Star Lake
- UW Madison/Wis Hist Soc
URL (full text)
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/UrbanForests/documents/vol20no1.pdf