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around Salida and you'll see an abundance of trees, from silver maples
and American elms casting leafy shade over city streets to tall spruces
in parks, and crabapples in yards blooming in clouds of pink blossoms
in spring. Yet Salida wasn't always a tree-shaded place. Historic photos
show trees only along the Arkansas River and larger streams.
Salida’s urban forest was planted and nurtured by the people
who settled here beginning in the late 1800s. Their choices of trees
reflect those species that could survive the dry, windy climate.
Today, thanks to the buffering effect of the existing forest and to
new tree varieties, our choice of species is larger.
About the Salida Tree Board
A volunteer board representing the City of Salida, which oversees
the portion of the urban forest planted on city property, including
trees in parks and “street trees,” those trees planted
in the space between sidewalks and city streets.
Salida Tree Board Members:
Tom Jacobson, president
Marilyn Moore, vice president
Brita Sugaski, treasurer
Janice Iiams, secretary
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Karl Hinther, member-at-large
Kathryn Hardgrave, Colorado State Forest Service (ex-officio)
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Tree Booklet Credits:
Funding: Colorado Tree Coalition
Support: City of Salida
Text: Kathryn Hardgrave, Tom Jacobson, Susan J. Tweit
Photos: Tom Jacobson and Charles De Marco
Design: Lauren Giusti, Giusti Design
Website: Mark Wiard |
The Salida Tree Board wishes to thank the Colorado
Tree Coalition for a generous grant that made this website
possible.
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