Tree Inventory Workshop

It was a full house for
Neighourwoods second annual Urban Forest Training workshop in Elora this
May.  This year’s topic:  How to Conduct a Tree
Inventory. Participants joined us from Perth County, Elmira and
Waterloo, along with a dozen new Neighbourwoods
volunteers.

The Workshop included a mix of class room and
field work as participants got acquainted with the citizen scientist program
developed by U of Toronto.  The 31 elements collected about each tree
being inventoried were broken into 2 categories: objective (species, height,
diameter for example) and subjective (trunk and branch scars, number of
broken branches, etc).  Some basic tree ID tips and common tree species
were covered. Following lunch, participants spent some time to practice
assessing some trees using clinometers and DBH
tapes.

Reviews were positive and we were really pleased to
share our knowledge and experience that we’ve gathered over the 11 years of
tree inventorying here in Centre Wellington.