[MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

[Geoff Badenoch]

I was talking with Mark Vander Meer of Watershed Consulting, LLC
(mark at watershedconsulting.com ), last week and he said his firm does a lot
of work with the Parks Department to recycle and reuse downed trees for just
these purposes.  Don't know if he charges or gets charged, but the trees are
being put to good use, it seems.

 

Geoff Badenoch

 

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[mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of David V. Gray
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

 

Concerning the Urban forest.

When the city cuts down old trees has it looked at selling the marketable
wood as hardwood lumber to create a new income steam?  The tree species are
quite exotic for Montana and may fetch a decent price from cabinet shops and
wood workers.

 

I really like the idea of turning unused public land into more garden space.
This could be a way for the city to grow food for the hungry and increase
the income for the parks department through garden lease plots.  I bet the
courts could send quite a few people needing to fill community service hours
to work the public food gardens as well.  These individuals might even
discover helping people to be a more satisfying act in place of getting into
bar fights and petty thievery.  If I remember correctly about 7-8 years ago
the gardener for the U of M planted food instead of flowers around campus
one spring.  They grew hundreds if not thousands of pounds of food for the
food bank and UC.  The gardens were also beautiful to look at.

 

Sincerely,

David V. Gray

 

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