IN Millcreek Spring 2019 | Page 18

Millcreek Township Completes a M The PA Outdoor Corp. TREES IMPACT: 16 MILLCREEK illcreek Township recently evaluated the status of the Township’s tree canopy by proactively conducting a tree inventory of its main parks. A tree inventory was completed in Millcreek Township with the assistance of local DCNR Service Forester, Tim Ackerman, and students from the PA Outdoor Corp. The 12-member crew from the PA Outdoor Corp (part of the Student Conservation Association) led by Bureau of Forestry personnel, collected data about the trees in the Township’s maintained park areas including: Tree Species, Diameter, General Condition, and the GPS location. The location of the trees inventoried as well as information about the trees is available to the public via the PA Tree Mapper web app at www.opentreemap.org/patreemap. There were 1,209 individual trees counted across 13 Township parks. A wide variety of tree species were inventoried, totaling about 70