HOLLY HILL, Fla., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Florida tree removal specialists, SB Tree Service, are joining the fight to help Texas and Louisiana after Hurricane Laura. On Thursday morning, the agency's entire team of tree professionals hit the road, driving straight into Lake Charles to help with storm mitigation and tree removal. This was right on the tail of a hurricane predicted to leave "catastrophic" damage.

Hurricane Laura, a massive Category 4 hurricane, hit the Texas Gulf Coast at 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. City officials warned more than 580,000 coastal residents to evacuate their homes ahead of the storm, which was still a Category 2, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, a few hours after it landed.

And the center of where that storm hit? Lake Charles. SB Tree Service managerAngel Vanburgercommented: "We're going to where it hit the hardest because we want to help. This is a rapid-response tree service for the homes and businesses that need it the most."

SB Tree Service is a full-spectrum tree management agency, with a selection of maintenance services, from trimmingand tree removalto storm debris work for residential and commercial properties. Usually, this work takes place in Volusia County, FL but, as recently as 2018, the company was in North Carolina and Panama City, helping with Hurricane Florence and Michael, respectively.

"We'll be responding to reports of storms and hurricane damage, maybe moving North as things develop," said Vanburger. "We're encouraging homes and businesses where trees have been damaged, brought down, are hanging onto power lines, or otherwise need servicing to reach out to us as soon as possible."

Licensed and insured for liability and worker's comp, the SB Tree Service team is ready to help with tree service and removal projects of any size. For a consultation in the Gulf Coast area or any of the other cities currently being affected by Hurricane Laura, you can get in touch with them at (386) 275-3923.

"Lastly, we'd like to say we're sending our thoughts and prayers to the people of Louisiana and Texas. Stay safe out there and let's get through this, together."

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SB Tree Serviceprovides professional tree maintenance services, including tree trimming, hurricane mitigation, damage control, storm cleanup, land clearing, debris removal, stump grinding, and tree removal. With years of industry experience, a professional team, and comprehensive hurricane tree removal services, they are ready, no matter the size of the job.

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The city of Brookhaven is rewriting its tree ordinance to better preserve the tree canopy something that Brookhaven Heights resident Jon Margolis said hes noticed has been declining in his neighborhood.

The rewrite aims to take out ambiguities in the current ordinance and set clear expectations that builders should try to preserve trees, Councilmember John Park said. The rewrite comes after a tree canopy study shows the citys seeing a net loss in tree coverage.

A tree on the edge of a property at 2328 Colonial Drive facing Pine Grove has a large, orange X spray painted on it. (Erin Schilling)

Park said the ordinance rewrite is a complicated balance between environmental preservation and not infringing on the rights of the property owners.

City spokesperson Burke Brennan said the city has requested proposals from consultants for the ordinance. The city is set to have a proposal awarded by October and the rewrite should start in November, along with a public input process. Park said the rewrite would have happened earlier this year but was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents and city officials say theres a trend of developers taking down too many trees.

Margolis is worried about two large trees at the intersection of Pine Grove and Colonial Drive that have orange Xs spray painted on them. The trees are on the edge of a residential property at 2328 Colonial Drive, which is owned by Breezy Dayz Properties, LLC, according to the city property map.

I understand certain trees have to come down, but its just been horrible in metro Atlanta, Margolis said.

Allison Bible of AB Works Construction Consulting put in a variance request for the houses setbacks with the Brookhaven Board of Appeals in a Jan. 15 meeting for the 2328 Colonial Drive property on behalf of the homeowner Lisa Levison, she said. The variance was unanimously approved.

Bible told the board two trees would be removed for the proposed development, according to the meeting minutes.

A building permit has not been submitted yet for construction as of the end of August, Bible said, and the tree removal will be included in that permit request.

If we didnt have to take any trees down, we certainly wouldnt be, Bible said. In the city of Brookhaven, theres a very clear tree ordinance. If you follow it, youre following the rules, and were doing exactly what the tree ordinance states.

Bible said they plan to replant some trees as well to make up for the loss of trees and noted that tree removal is an expensive process and the life span of specific tree species have to be considered when judging whether a tree should come down or not.

Margolis said hes seen too many situations in which developers cut down trees without a good reason.

Park said a clearer tree ordinance would show builders that the city expects tree preservation to be a priority.

A new tree ordinance would hopefully give more power to the city arborist and speed up some processes regarding trees, Park said. For example, if a tree prohibits a builder from following the citys zoning ordinances, such as if the tree caused a setback variance, its easier for the builder to cut down the tree than go through a months-long rezoning process.

Park said the new ordinance may also value trees differently based on age and type.

The current tree ordinance allows homeowners on single-family residential property to remove three trees per year that are 6 inches or larger in diameter at breast height, or DBH, with a permit, as long as the property maintains a density of 60 DBH inches of trees per acre. Trees less than 6 DBH inches can be removed without a permit as long as the same density of 60 DBH inches is upheld.

Residents can also remove trees that are deemed hazardous by a certified arborist, according to the ordinance, and public utility companies can remove trees for utility easements.

Specimen trees, which are trees valued higher by the city because of size, location, type or historic value, have more protections and need to have the approval of the city arborist if a resident or developer wants to remove it, according to the ordinance. A fee is also required to take down a specimen tree.

Developers must maintain 120 inches in diameter of trees per acre or 45% of a sites tree-canopy cover unless the site already had less tree coverage than that before development started, according to the ordinance.

The tree ordinance was rewritten in 2014 and updated about a year later in 2015. The 2015 changes reduced the amount of trees homeowners could take down from five to three and outlined the current density requirements for developers.

Park said those changes werent enough.

In 2017, concerned citizens came to us saying the tree ordinance was not doing its job to protect the tree canopy, Park said. We realized a rewrite, starting from scratch, was the way to go instead of piecemealing something together.

In June, a PlainIt Geo study presented to the council said the 2019 tree canopy coverage in the city is 44%, compared to 47% in 2009. The city commissioned the assessment in part because of the planned rewrite. It also hired a tree canopy preservation manager, who Park said will oversee much of the new ordinance.

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Representatives from Custom Tree Care and Rostan attended a Tama City Council meeting to present on services their companies could provide to the cities following the August 10 derecho. Both Tama and Toledo have now contracted with Custom Tree Care and Rostan.Allison Graham/News Chronicle

The cities of Tama and Toledo have contracted with Custom Tree Care to assist with debris clean up and tree trimming following the August 10 derecho.

Custom Tree Care will be addressing trees as well as storm debris on city right of ways.

The goal is to insure safety for the public by removing hanging limbs and heavily damaged trees that pose a current and future risk. The bulk of the contracted cost projects are to be reimbursable under the FEMA Public Assistance Program that was granted to Tama County as part of the Presidential Major Disaster Declaration on August 17.

Custom Tree Care will not go on to your property to cut trees. They will only stay on the city right of way and will cut hanging limbs, trees that have been partially uprooted and are leaning beyond a certain degree, and trees with significantly cracked trunks.

The company advises that if you have a storm damaged tree that is on the berm or overhangs the street and you wish to not have removed, to attach a sign or a note on the tree instructing it not to be cut. The company nor the city will be going door to door prior to the clean up work being completed.

Custom Tree Care will take pictures of every tree cut for reimbursement purposes.

Some of the clean up work has been contracted but every sub contractor will have a placard on their vehicle identifying themselves with Custom Tree Care.

Rostan Solutions to do FEMA reimbursement monitoring for debris management. They will provide tracking and documenting services for every FEMA reimbursable load to lessen the burden on city staff as well as to help ensure a quick and accurate reimbursement claim.

The cities anticipate receiving around 75% reimbursement. Rostan Solutions will also assist with the grant application to help cover the difference.

Work is already underway in Tama and will begin soon in Toledo.

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When you camp at your favorite State Park or plan a hunting a trip on your local State Wildlife Area (SWA), you likely havent given a second thought to natural resources that exist on those properties. However, you will notice when those resources are taken away or are no longer there. The landscape suddenly changes and our favorite open spaces do not seem so familiar. Such is the dilemma of Parks and Wildlife Managers when they consider long term habitat management projects and the impacts on our visitors.

One such project is the wetlands restoration project at Jackson Lake State Park and neighboring Jackson Lake and Andrick Ponds SWAs. At the heart of the restoration is the removal of 60-plus acres of Russian olive trees.

The invasive species is prevalent throughout Colorado and especially in areas where water is scarce. Originating from Southern Europe and Eastern Asia, the tree was planted throughout arid areas as windbreaks and for much needed shade on the sandy Great Plains.

When permitted to grow without management, the tree will take over pasture lands and wetland areas, increasing nitrogen in the soil and allowing for other noxious weeds to take root. Growing in dense groves allows this thorny tree to out-compete native plant species and to draw large amounts of moisture from the soil and waterways. Some estimates suggest that one tree will consume 75 gallons of water per day.

Impacts to wildlife are also great. Russian olives can create some habitat and food sources for local wildlife; however, with a forestry management plan that includes a diversity of trees and plants, wildlife diversity has been shown to also increase. Owls, bats, squirrels, and migratory birds are often unable to utilize RO groves for food and habitat. In some areas, RO trees have clogged ditches, destroyed fences and grown into roadways, causing a chain effect of destruction.

The first phase of the wetlands restoration project at Jackson Lake is set to begin this fall. CPW land managers will use a phased three-year approach to address the most immediate needs such as those areas where trees have impacted infrastructure or pose a threat to property. Removal and treatment in these areas will limit large impacts on wildlife and allow for immediate replanting of native plants. Cottonwood, willow, chokecherry, plum and other native species will be planted to provide quality wildlife habitat.

Previous work on other CPW areas has shown that native species are very hardy and will rebound to fill the void created by RO removal. In most cases this creates a new opportunity for shade on your campsite or for habitat on your next hunt. While the landscape will change over time, the goal is to make your CPW lands continue to feel familiar with each visit.

Park visitors can help inform management decisions by recording observations of plants or animals through phone apps like iNaturalist. Various areas of the park may be closed during project hours; check with the Visitor Center for current closures.

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More than three weeks after Isaias blew through Connecticut, cleanup continues. Tree removal crews are still catching up, working very long days.

We are running from five in the morning to eightat night. As long as there is light, we are working, said Joe Brege of B&MTree Service in West Hartford.

Now, as Thursdays forecast calls for high winds andpotentially severe thunderstorms, more work could lie ahead.

Anything that we thought that might cause a problem for tomorrow's storm or this weekend's storm that's what we are doing for the next couple of days, explained Brege.

While tree crewsprepare, some wonder about Eversource. Isaias left more than 600,000 householdswithout power, leaving some wondering if Eversource will be more prepared nexttime severe weather strikes.

Lets hope thatthey learned a lesson and that they will be, said Steve Lancor who was withoutpower for three days at his West Hartford home.

A spokesperson for Eversource said theyve seen Thursdays forecast and are preparing.

We are fully staffed. We have line workers, tree crew, support staff all ready to respond if there are outages, said Eversource spokesperson Tricia Modifica.

If needed, Eversource said they have also contracted crews from elsewhere to assist with restoring power if necessary.

They will all be prepositioned around the state in advance of the storm so theyre ready to respond to any damage caused by the weather were expecting, said Modifica.

Meanwhile, people in recently hard-hit area are also taking precautionary measures.

Grab a generator. Get the candles out. Get the matches. Put food away. Get out a cooler. Get some ice." Those are all things West Hartfords Adriana Nace said shes considering as Thursdays weather approaches.

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Caution tape warns of potential live wires as a fallen tree blocks the roadway of Hemlock Lane on August 8, 2020 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Caution tape warns of potential live wires as a fallen tree blocks the roadway of Hemlock Lane on August 8, 2020 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Caution tape warns of potential live wires as a fallen tree blocks the roadway of Hemlock Lane on August 8, 2020 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Caution tape warns of potential live wires as a fallen tree blocks the roadway of Hemlock Lane on August 8, 2020 in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Wilton seeks sanctions as intervenor in Eversource hearing

WILTON Outraged by Eversources responses to power outages, the town of Wilton has been designated an intervenor in an upcoming hearing about the power companys actions following Tropical Storm Isaias.

As an intervenor, the town is allowed to submit evidence, put forward interrogatories, receive data and information files by other parties and intervenors, and file briefs. The town is also requesting sanctions and/or penalties against Eversource.

In our intervenor status we will be providing testimony, said First Selectwoman Lynne Vanderslice.

The hearing is being held by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) which is investigating the storm response from Eversource Energy and the states other utility company, United Illuminating. A hearing date has not yet been scheduled.

Heavy winds from the Aug. 4 storm knocked out power for more than 800,000 Eversource customers statewide. In Wilton, 5,517 Eversource customers lost electricity 73.25 percent of the town.

It took more than a week for power to be restored to all homes in Wilton.

Upon announcing the investigation, the chair of PURA said Eversource badly underestimated the threat of the storm by preparing only for between 125,000 and 380,000 outages, far from the actual total.

Vanderslice said she plans to join other town officials and mayors who will be testifying at the hearing. We will all tell the same story of a delayed make-safe response leaving thousands of residents stranded; of Eversource crews sitting idle for hours waiting for instructions; of the lack of access to operations; and the failure of the outage-reporting system, she said.

Overall, she said, Eversource lacked communication and coordination during the power restoration process. Eversource did not coordinate with police as to where their crews were. DPW (Department of Public Works) was waiting for power crews and was ready to assist them, but no one showed up. Residents were frustrated with an inability to get information as to their power restoration, she said.

Among the relief Wilton wants from Eversource is the requirement of a Make Safe crew to be installed in the town within a certain timeframe of a storm. The town also wants an operational person assigned to Wilton who can serve as a point of contact among Eversource, the town, and its emergency services.

Vanderslice encourages Wilton residents who had problems with Eversources storm response to consider forming a grass roots advocacy group in protest.

She pointed to the success of the citizens group Hands Off Our Schools. Last year, that group, which started in Wilton, held protests and traveled to the State Capitol in buses to testify against proposed school regionalization bills. As a result, two regionalization bills died in the state legislature, while regionalization language was removed from a third one.

When residents take to the streets or take the matter into their own hands, legislators listen, Vanderslice said.

Eversource generated profits last year of $411 million from its historic Connecticut Light & Power operations.

The town can also take a more proactive approach in preventing power outages through increased tree removal in certain areas where trees are blocking power lines, Vanderslice said.

In the last few years, we have increased the towns budget for tree removals, but we need to increase it even more, she said. We need to have a discussion about our priorities in terms of what actions we are going to take about trees in order to mitigate these situations, she said.

More than 70 percent of Wilton is covered by trees, Vanderslice said, citing a report by the Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG). Thats a huge number of trees, she said.

She suggested enacting a town ordinance that would facilitate the removal of diseased or potentially dying trees, and regulate the planting of new trees within the town right of way and within a specified distance of utility wires.

If you plant a tree that can grow 40 feet high near wires, that could be a problem. While trees that grow 12 to 15 feet high pose no problem falling on wires, she said.

She plans to work on a draft of the tree ordinance with Mike Conklin, the towns director of environmental affairs and Planning Director Michael Wrinn.

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When Will Smith and his wife, Caitlin, landed jobs with the Roanoke Ballet Theatre, he thought their prayer was answered. Then COVID-19 struck and he remembered his great-grandfather.

Will and Caitlin Smith got what he calls a once in a lifetime opportunity with the Roanoke Ballet Theatre as part of a new professional ballet company, and there was every reason to believe the couple was set for the future.

Of course, they hadnt counted on COVID-19. And their daughter Lucy hadnt come along, either.

Now, however, theres little Lucy, social distancing, masks, a ballet company on indefinite hold and a couple of newwhether or not temporarycareers.

Will has become the Dancing Lumberjack and Caitlin has fallen back onto individual Pilates instruction. Both teach a little ballroom dancing when the opportunity arises.

The Pilates and cutting trees are not really new in the shiny sense. Caitlin has been learning and teaching Pilates for nearly three years, in addition to her ballet work, and Wills lumberjacking genes go back to his grandfather.

Will, 33, and Caitlin, 31, met when they were with a ballet company in D.C., a city with a lifestyle that Will describes as craziness. Roanoke looked ideal when the professional ballet positions were open at what had been a school and we could get in on the ground floor, he says.

The new ballet group was a challenge. The first couple years were super difficult, says Will. The ballet wasnt getting support as fast as we thought it would and the company couldnt pay us the wages we were used to in D.C., so we had to find second jobs. We both started off teaching dance, but then during the summers when my teaching would dry up, I would have to find summer work.

Will worked at Ramulose Ridge Vinyards for a couple of summers and loved it, but the commute made for very long days. He got a job with the Holiday Inn as a night auditor, another brutal schedule. Then came an opportunity with his friend Jesse Dunker with Alpha and Omega Tree removal and landscaping. Dunker has served as a mentor for Will.

Caitlin had begun teaching Pilates on the side and loved the exciting classes with a range of men and women students. Meanwhile, Will got a job teaching ballroom dancing, but everything fell apart except the tree work with COVID-19.

As I did more and more of [the tree work], I really began to not just enjoy it, but love it. The first time I climbed a tree, I felt that fear, that pressure. That little voice that tells you to quit was screaming in my head. I took a breath, dug deep and continued climbing, and I knew this was something I could do.

As a theatrical guy, Will created The Dancing lumberjack as a business [phone: 410-972-1039] and as a character. My great-grandfather was a lumberjack and he was a big, burly man. Im a skinny ballet dancer, so I wanted to take two things that seem worlds apart and put them together.

He has started a blog aiming to make it about dance, trees and everything in between. His tree work is mostly for homeowners and small businesses.

Caitlin, who has had to give up her large Pilates class for now, still teaches one-on-one. She was worried about Will climbing trees with a chain saw at first, but she finally reasoned that the risk is about the same as ballet, a sport where injury is nearly as commonand often as severeas it is in football.

Will speaks for both dancers when he says, Being a ballet dancer feeds my soul but not my pocketbook, so my goal is to work towards my arborist and climbing certification so the dancing lumberjack can feed my pocketbook.

Meanwhile, Lucy, who was born in May, has been the beneficiary of the job juggle because she has had a virtually full-time mom and a dad who gets to spend a good bit of time with her, as well.

Will is philosophical. With the future of the art of ballet and other performing arts looking a bit bleak [at least temporarily], I might have to make the trees my stage for now.

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The Perry City Hall issued an update Wednesday on the ongoing storm response and cleanup efforts.

Debris Removal Process

City of Perry cleaning crews, working with contractor partners, have been through the entire town once. Beginning Wednesday, Aug. 26, the crews began a second pass through the town in order to collect storm debris. Alley pickups will also begin at this time.

The crews will only go through the alleys for special pickup requests. To schedule a special alley pickup, call the Perry City Hall 515-465-2481 as soon as possible.

Once the second round of storm debris pickup is completed, residents will thereafter have to haul their storm debris to the dump site at the campground parking lot in Pattee Park.

Residents are asked to avoid parking on the street in front of debris piles. Parked vehicles obstruct the progress and make removing the debris extremely difficult.

As crews move through the town, hanging branches will be removed from trees on the parking or right-of-way. Branches that are too large for city crews to remove will be removed by a tree contractor. The city will also prioritize the tree removal list at this time.

Street Cleaning Continues

Due to an issue with their equipment, the street cleaning crew will return Thursday, Aug. 27, Friday, Aug. 28 and possibly Saturday, Aug. 29 in order to clear the gutters and vacuum out the storm drains. Residents are asked to remove their parked vehicles from the street, if possible, on those days so the streets, gutters and storm drains can be cleaned.

Garbage Collection

Residential garbage collection is back to the regular schedule. Residents may still bring household garbage to the recycle dumpsters at the McCreary Community Building parking lot, PHS football field parking lot and the parking lot east of the Police Department until Friday, Aug. 28. Beginning Monday, Aug. 31, these dumpsters will once again be used for recyclable drop-off only.

The Perry City Hall also expressed its gratitude to its resident and contractors for their hard collaboration following the unprecedented derecho storm:

Thank you to all of our partners assisting with the cleanup effort: Repp Trucking, J. Pettiecord Inc., Elder Corp., Walton Tree Removal Service, Landus Cooperative, Herbs Backhoe and all of the Perry residents who not only took care of their own properties, but gave a hand to their friends and neighbors, too! This is Perry Pride!

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Ash trees in Alta that have been extensively trimmed due to the emerald ash borer infestation.

An insect which attacks and kills ash trees has brought changes to Alta over the past 3 years. Infestation of the emerald ash borer brought on by beetles has damaged hundreds of ash trees in Alta, and the city has been working to trim and remove the affected trees to stop the spread of infection.

According to Alta street and sanitation supervisor Brad Pedersen, about 18-20% of the infected trees have been removed, more than 50 trees so far, out of 330 that originally were scheduled for removal in the city right of way. We have several years yet, Pedersen said of the project.

The infestation, believed to have been brought to Buena Vista County and other Iowa counties on pallets from China, has taken a toll on Alta residents visually and on the city government financially. Mayor Kevin Walsh is concerned. This seems to be ongoing news but I am not sure the average person realizes the impact the ash bore has had on our community, he said.

Trees on the south end of main street or in the city park will show just how sad this community is going to look when all the trees are finally removed, Mayor Walsh said. This is not only bad in this way but it is also a burden on our city budget that we wish we could spend the money elsewhere. Our city employees have had to cut back on some things they would normally do in the summer to take care of infested trees.

The adult beetle that infects ash trees is metallic green in color and is about 1/2 inch long, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The city continues to pay three tree trimming companies and additional summer workers to help with tree removal and trimming. Pedersen informed Alta City Council that his department will continue to work hard through August and after.

The removed branches are being put to good use. Instead of dumping the branches, they are being used for firewood, Pedersen said.

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An interim tree-cutting bylaw may not be in Huntsvilles immediate future, but environmental protections are on the way, according to the latest Town of Huntsville committee talks.

Town staff confirmed during an online general committee meeting held Aug. 26 that a proposed community planning permit bylaw remained the fastest and most effective tool to combat worrisome site alteration and tree removal.

Mayor Karin Terziano noted that, after further investigation, an interim tree cutting bylaw, for example, likely wouldnt come into effect any sooner.

Councillors had previously tasked staff with researching interim controls on site alteration and vegetation removal in advance of the proposed community planning permit bylaws anticipated May 2021 implementation.

The direction came after tree removal off Forbes Hill Drive and other properties caused highly visible barrens or environmental concerns, sparked public outcry and renewed calls for action.

A number of proposed housing developments also have some residents eager to implement environmental and human health protections in advance against unnecessary site alterations or tree removal.

A community planning permit bylaw would combine zoning, site plan and minor variance approval processes, and introduce site alteration and vegetation removal restrictions, for development applications.

But committee members asked how the bylaw would prevent alteration or vegetation removal if no development application was planned.

Committee didnt seem concerned with every potential alteration, like felling a tree for winter heating fuel for example, but rather unnecessarily extreme cases that created a risk of damage to the environment or neighbouring properties.

Staff clarified that the community planning permit bylaw could have the power to require a permit for site alteration or vegetation removal, regardless of whether the property owner planned to apply for a development permit.

We would be able to require a permit for that level of site alteration through that bylaw, said staff.

And that would likely act as a deterrent, too.

Staff added enforcement of the bylaw would likely be based on complaints, as are other municipal bylaws.

The town is in the process of hiring a consultant to lead the creation of a community planning permit bylaw, which will include public consultations.

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