Helen
errr
you have done it now!
I wonder if you will be as enthusiastic this time next year!
Well said Tony
wages are low enough in this industry!
Tree Wardens here in Cheshire are co-ordinated by the Cheshire Landscape
Trust
There is no formal group through the district Council's
They are a useful source of local information,One in particular has provided
a great survey of all the trees in his local Parish
I see tree wardens as useful points of contact at the local/parish level -
people who have an interest in trees who can relate directly to their local
community - liase, communicate, advise etc. and the life of the tree
officer may be easier.
A tree Warden should therefore be seen are volunteer who represents their
Parish with regard to trees matters. and that's it
As far as talks on trees go
I would not gggggg go
In my experience they always degenerate into people with specific points
sounding off at the tree officer.
I now meet Parish Clerks, Cllrs Tree Wardens on a one to one basis for
discussions, these people can then take my advice's to the relative persons,
groups etc.
Must go now some plonkers lit a fire under a TPO tree
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Ash [SMTP:Tony.Ash@xxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:01 AM
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Tree wardens.
Best tip is not to turn up<
Yes, but why? I can think of 2 reasons against turn ing up, so far.
1/ I like the idea of Tree Wardens in principle, but I am dead against
people doing this sort of thing for nothing. It should be a paid job. ie.
most Local Authorities need more Tree officers and/or Inspectors.
2/ We don't have Tree Wardens here (yet) but I know that I would not be
able
to cope with the amount of extra work generated. The more I am out
looking
at trees, the more work I generate for our tree gang. If we had a gang of
Tree Wardens doing the rounds as well, they would create an incredible
amount of inspections for myself, which I would not be able to do; and
this
would create even more work for the tree gang. They are just about
managing
as it is, plus there would not be extra budgets for this extra work.
The possible upside of a Council committing themselves to having Tree
Wardens may be that they will have to commit extra money for looking after
trees, with extra money for paid staff and tree maintenance.
Points in Favour of Tree Wardens.
-They may help in cutting down vandalism.
-Monitoring of newly planted trees may be easier, including knock on
benefits like them checking tree ties, stakes etc.
-They can look out for potential dangers.
Hang on, what am I saying, this type of work should be carried out by paid
staff.
Regards
Red Tone
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