Tree Advisory Board
Overview
Heber City was recognized as a Tree City USA for 2022 (PDF). To receive the award, Heber City needed to do 4 things:
- Establish a Tree Board
- Adopt a tree ordinance
- Expend at least $2 per capita on a community forestry program
- Observe Arbor Day (PDF)
news & Announcements
- HEBER CITY ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION 2023
- Details coming soon!
Tree City USA 2022- Heber City is honored to have been announced by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA for 2022, marking 7 years we’ve received this recognition! This is the first year Heber was awarded a Growth Award. Growth Awards recognizes major milestones as Heber recently updated their Tree Management Plan and Urban Tree Inventory. Communities recognized as a Tree City USA are committed to maintaining and growing our tree cover allowing for cleaner air, noise and pollution reduction, cooler temperatures, and an increase in beautiful green space.
- Heber City is honored to have been announced by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA for 2022, marking 7 years we’ve received this recognition! This is the first year Heber was awarded a Growth Award. Growth Awards recognizes major milestones as Heber recently updated their Tree Management Plan and Urban Tree Inventory. Communities recognized as a Tree City USA are committed to maintaining and growing our tree cover allowing for cleaner air, noise and pollution reduction, cooler temperatures, and an increase in beautiful green space.
- Details coming soon!
- USDA ends battle against emerald ash borer, lifts quarantines
Responsibilities
The Open Space, Trails, Parks and Trees Advisory Committee serves as the Tree Board. This committee established a Tree Advisory Subcommittee to assist with the duties of the Tree Board in administering the city's tree ordinance. There are currently six volunteers who serve on the Tree Advisory Subcommittee.
- National Arbor Day Foundation
- Red Butte Garden
- Selecting and Planting Landscape Trees
- Selecting Trees for High Elevations
- Tree Browser
- Tree Utah
- Trees Are Good
- United States Forest Service Pruning Pamphlet
- USDA Online Soils Surveys
- Utah State University Forestry Extension
- Utah State Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands
- Utah Urban Forest
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Tree Advisory Board
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Melanie Funk
Tree Advisory Board - Chair
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Jared Wright
Tree Advisory Board-CoChair
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Brandon Puett
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PJ Abraham
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Christian Katris
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Wesley Crump
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Tom Reed
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Mark Rounds
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Billy Tiedemann
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