HomeMy WebLinkAboutVillage Forester Annual Report 1974for three reasons:
(1) It is more economical to remove dying elms than old dead
elms (some tree -men charge double to work in rotting trees);
(2) Having all these rotting elms present would constitute a
hazard to person and property; and
(3) Aesthetically the Village environment would rapidly deteriorate
with dead and dying elms left to mar the landscape.
Again, I would like to thank the Villagers for their fine cooperation
and patience in our effort to keep the Village environment beautiful and
saf e.
David Pimentel
• Village Forester
2/25/74
VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS
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VILLAGE FORESTER
ANNUAL REPORT
In addition to Dutch Elm disease, another disease (phloem necrosis)
is now causing death in our elms. The result was a significantly heavier
loss of elms than in the past as indicated:
Elm Trees Removed
1970 1971 1972 1973.
Private property 530 483 544 958
Village property 125 113 121 166
Total 655 596 665 1124
Communities with elm programs have been affected by the new disease,
including Cornell University's very intensive elm protective program.
Once remaining elms are thinned out (and it shouldn't be too long), then
the infection rate should decline. This is typical of all epidemics.
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In spite of our difficulties we should not abandon our elm program
for three reasons:
(1) It is more economical to remove dying elms than old dead
elms (some tree -men charge double to work in rotting trees);
(2) Having all these rotting elms present would constitute a
hazard to person and property; and
(3) Aesthetically the Village environment would rapidly deteriorate
with dead and dying elms left to mar the landscape.
Again, I would like to thank the Villagers for their fine cooperation
and patience in our effort to keep the Village environment beautiful and
saf e.
David Pimentel
• Village Forester
2/25/74