On this edition of Sustainability Now!, your host Justin Mog, talks trees with Erin Thompson, Louisville Metro Government's Urban Forester & Community Forestry Supervisor within the Office of Sustainability's Division of Community Forestry. Erin is an ISA Certified Arborist and ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified. We discuss why trees are of such great value, particularly in an urban environment; what the Louisville Trees Initiative and key partners such as Louisville Grows and Trees Louisville are doing to protect and expand our urban canopy; how you can be a part of this effort; and what Louisville’s new city tree ordinance offers to support the cause.
Find out more at https://louisvilleky.gov/government/division-community-forestry
Check out the City Tree Ordinances at http://library.amlegal.com/nxt/gateway.dll/Kentucky/loukymetro/louisvillejeffersoncountymetrogovernment?f=templates$fn=default.htm$3.0$vid=amlegal:louisville_ky
Read the Division's Public Right of Way Standards at https://louisvilleky.gov/government/division-community-forestry/standards-right-way-trees
Sustainability Now! airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Monday at 6pm and repeats Tuesdays at 12am and 10am. Find us at http://forwardradio.org
The music in this podcast is used by permission from the fantastic Louisville band, Appalatin. Explore their inspiring music at https://www.appalatin.com