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15 May/June 2024 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN With one of the fastest growing populations in the United States, Wake County, North Carolina, recognized the need for environmentally sustainable growth in their area, noting one major factor to achieve this was to reverse the decline of the county's tree canopy. Davey Resource Group's (DRG) Will Ayersman, project Above: Joe Joyner, senior associate consultant, Environmental Consulting services, Davey Resource Group, holds a pine tree sapling at the Morrisville tree planting. Keith Wright, district manager, Raleigh office, Residential Commercial services, loaned needed traffic signs to Joyner for the planting. Photo credit: Wake County Government WAKE COUNTY TREE CANOPY ASSESSMENT AND PLANTING OWLET RENESTED AFTER FALLING FROM TREE Residential/Commercial services' Naples office employees Albert "Ethan" Jaques, sales arborist, and Robert "Cody" Ellis, foreman, worked with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida to help renest a great horned owlet that fell out of a tree due to high winds. Using a bucket truck, Jaques wire-tied a wicker basket to a tree as an artificial nest before transporting the owlet into it. The owlet quickly adapted to its environment and relaxed in the nest. "There's pride in knowing you're doing something good for the community, the environment, and the wildlife," Jaques said. The great horned owlet is pictured after being placed in an artificial nest by Albert "Ethan" Jaques, sales arborist, Naples office. Photo credit: Courtesy of Conservancy of Southwest Florida manager, Utility Vegetation Management services and Joe Joyner, senior associate consultant, Environmental Consulting services, worked together to provide a tree canopy assessment for all of Wake County, including a tree benefit analysis using i-Tree ® software for the county's 12 core municipalities. The county is now using Davey's TreeKeeper ® Canopy software to analyze the data captured by the DRG teams and create a road map for tree plantings in identified areas of need. Joyner directed the recent effort to plant 1,600 cypress, oak, and pine tree seedlings in Morrisville, North Carolina, within four open acres at the N.C. 54/N.C. 540 interchange. "The planting was a proof-of-concept pilot project to plant trees within vacant highway rights-of-way, which reduces the mowing responsibilities of the North Carolina Department of Transportation and helps the county expand its tree canopy and the environmental benefits trees provide as they grow," Joyner said. JOYNER VOLUNTEERS, DAVEY DONATES SEEDLINGS Wake County held a tree planting at Kellam-Wyatt Farm, a new 59-acre nature preserve. "We planted approximately 50 trees, including persimmon, swamp white oak, swamp chestnut oak, and Nuttall oak," Joyner said. "In addition, Davey donated more than 100 persimmon seedlings to the volunteers as a giveaway to take home and plant." VISION G tree

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