Save
the Trees
Citizens
Tree Rescue Mission Statement
June
2001
Citizens
Tree Rescue believes the Village of Oak Park's current tree pruning policies
are detrimental to the life and splendor of our trees and to the enjoyment
of our urban forest. In fact, we believe these policies are pointedly anti
tree. Professional pruning standards have been established by the tree care
industry specifically to protect the health of trees. Oak Park does not
follow industry-approved pruning standards. Citizens Tree Rescue's mission
is to get citizens involved in helping to preserve the beauty, integrity
and health of our village trees. Our current campaign is focused on educating
village officials and residents as to the misguided pruning practices of
the Oak Park forestry department. We encourage tree-mined citizens to write
to the village board and to the newspapers, talk with neighbors, and be
the eyes and ears on the streets to closely monitor the forestry department.
We strongly urge residents to expand their thinking beyond the tree in their
own front yard and to realize the village-wide impact of a misguided pruning
program.
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