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Wellsville Tabernacle Park Tree Inventory
Project Lead: Jake Powell
Fast Facts
- Year: 2019
- Client: Wellsville City
- Outcomes: Park tree inventory and phasing recommendations
- Status: Complete
- Project Size: 4 acres
- Project Scale: Site
- Impacts: The plan established a management plan based on assessment data that targeted funding from the Utah Division of Forestry Fire and State Lands toward accomplishing the recommendations outlined in the plan.
Project Summary
Wellsville City’s historic Tabernacle Park’s character is framed by the iconic elm trees that frame the boundaries of the park. These large, historic trees are declining so Wellsville City requested LAEP Extension to provide an assessment of the health of the trees as well as a plan to manage and interplant new trees that will eventually be required to replace these trees.
Project Description
It has been said that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, and the second best time is today. The Wellsville Tabernacle Park is at a turning point as the character defining trees in the park begin to die from old age and disease. LAEP Extension was asked to assess the health and risk of each of the trees in the park and then provide recommendations on how to manage what trees remain while planning for the future. This required an extensive field survey of each tree, location information, photographs, risk assessment, and health assessment. This data was compiled into a report that was provided to Wellsville City. The project created a roadmap for park managers to address immediate needs but more importantly recognize that planting replacement trees now is critical to ensure the character of the park remains as the new trees grow to replace the older trees.
