[MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

[Patrick Nooney]

This falls back to my "political" statement, where we, as neighbors, take
care of our piece of the pie.  It may be composting around the trees or as
simple as watering more frequently.  Granted, there are those who don't care
to, and there are those who feel it's a waste of water.  Nevertheless, if we
care for our environment, it has to go beyond chit-chat.

 

--- Patrick

 

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[mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of Susan Flanagin
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 10:19 AM
To: David V. Gray
Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com
Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Goals for Council

 

More re the urban forest.  I have learned from a tree specialist that our
maple trees need a LOT more water than they usually get.  We could better
care for them if we gave them regular deep soaks during our warm seasons.
That should extend their lives.    And I love the idea of more public
gardens.

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From: David V. Gray <mailto:hdgray at modwest.com>  

To: 'Janet Donahue' <mailto:janetdonahue at msn.com>  ; stickneyal at gmail.com ;
kjerrim at missoula.com 

Cc: missoulagov at cmslists.com 

Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:25 PM

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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