Renfrew Community Association
Urban Forestry
You may have noticed that more and more of our mature, stately public trees (city owned) are being destroyed in the name of development. Unfortunately, public trees do not enjoy the level of protection we all think they do. Those public trees that are growing on boulevards are generally safe, although we have lost some of those as well. The challenge is that a large part of Renfrew does not have boulevards so the public trees just seamlessly blend in with private lots.
The City of Calgary does not advise the Community Association when a public tree is due for removal or cutback, relying only on notices as per below to spread the word.
These posters are small and are often overlooked so the Renfrew Community Association has no sure way of determining how many public trees have been lost over the years. We are asking for your assistance in this regard.
A similar public notice poster is attached to city trees that are dead or beyond rehabilitation and are to be removed by the city. We are interested in keeping track of these as well.
If you see any of these public notices on any city trees in Renfrew, please advise us at director2@renfrewyyc.ca.
If you are interested in public trees, the city has an Urban Forest Map on its website - https://maps.calgary.ca/TreeSchedule/. You can enter any address to see if there are public trees located on that site. Information on what type of tree it is and the value the City of Calgary has put on that tree can also be found there