Volunteers are branching out across Fergus and Elora for the annual Neighbourwoods tree inventory.
This is the 13th, and last year for the program which collects information on the state of our urban forest.
The information collected is used to determine such things as the tree pruning cycle and other maintenance.
Program manager Jamie McDonald says that info also helps decide what new trees should be planted
Technology has changed the way the information is collected. In 2009, clipboards and paper charts were the tools. Today the data is collected via smartphone that can pinpoint a tree’s location.
However, officials with the program say even with that technological change, the project remains a fundamentally human experience. The initiative has been supported over the years by the township of Centre Wellington, and the Canada Summer Jobs program.
The work has inventoried more than 12 thousand trees in the area. You can dig through the data at this link.
