Millcreek Township Completes a
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The PA Outdoor Corp.
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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