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101 East High Street
Oxford , Ohio 45056
Phone: 513/524-5206
Fax: 513/524-5267
Contact: David T. Treleaven
Email: dtreleaven@cityofo. . .
Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Urban Forestry

City trees enhance and provide benefits to the environment physically, aesthetically and economically. An urban forest helps to improve the urban environment through absorption and/or retention of air pollutants, reduction and absorption of heat and noise, reduction of wind velocity and reduction of storm water run-off, erosion and the subsequent sedimentation of drainage channels and stream-bottom ecosystems.

Trees aid in the reduction of stress that individuals may experience in an urban setting. Tree cover provides shading, shelter, protective pathways for movement and food sources for wildlife.

Many of the factors listed also have economic affects as well. Reduction of energy costs through shading and heat absorption, the costs associated with erosional repair and flood damage, the potential increase in property values, and the value of the street trees themselves. A 1996 tree inventory and management report of the City’s urban forest estimated that the appraised value for all public trees at that time was approximately $2,890,000.

The City of Oxford has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for the last five years. As a state, Ohio led the nation for the number of communities to be named by the Foundation as a Tree City USA, with a total of 220 communities as Tree City USA designees. To be considered by the Foundation, a community most satisfy four standards: a tree board or department, a community Tree Ordinance, an Urban Forestry program with an annual budget of at least $2 per capita, and an Arbor Day Observance.

If there are any questions regarding Oxford’s Urban Forestry program, please contact the City’s Environmental Division at 524-5274. Additional information concerning urban forestry in Ohio can be found at the web sites for the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Department of Forestry (http://hortwww-2.ag.ohio-state.edu/ODNR/Urban/Urbanfor.htm) and the National Arbor Day foundation (http://www.arborday.org/).





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