Nanaimo considers adopting tree-risk management and maintenance policy

City of Nanaimo is considering adopting a tree-risk management and maintenance policy.
The government and priorities committee voted unanimously to recommend that council adopt the tree policy at its meeting on Monday, July 13 after a presentation by Kirsty MacDonald, the city’s manager of parks operations.
She said the city manages more than 1,055 hectares of parkland and natural areas, incorporating approximately 686 hectares of urban-tree canopy.
MacDonald said her department also manag