{"id":67,"date":"2018-12-19T22:47:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cityfdl.wpengine.com\/parks\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:51:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:51:52","slug":"forestry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/forestry\/","title":{"rendered":"Forestry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 28.477;line-height: 1.28\" data-fontsize=\"28.477\" data-lineheight=\"36.4506px\">Forestry<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-108\" src=\"\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/trees-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/trees-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/trees-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/trees-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/01\/trees-1.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"--fontsize: 25.313;line-height: 1.28\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\" data-fusion-font=\"true\">The City of Fond du Lac Forestry maintains 15,600 street trees and 3278 park trees (2024). The Division has 3 full time ISA certified Arborists which includes the City Forester. The Division work is also supplemented by the construction and maintenance division and park personnel. The Forestry Division uses contractual services for much of its tree planting, large tree removals, large tree pruning, insect and disease control, and stump grinding. In addition, The Division also hosts an annual Arbor Day celebration. All the Forestry operations are overseen by the City Forester.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 25.313;line-height: 1.28\" data-fontsize=\"25.313\" data-lineheight=\"32.4006px\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 25.313;line-height: 1.28\" data-fontsize=\"25.313\" data-lineheight=\"32.4006px\">Documents<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/12\/FAQs.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/12\/Tree-Planting-Guidelines.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terrace Tree Planting Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/Municipal-Code.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Municipal Code Related to Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdl.wi.gov\/parks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/12\/FDL-STATS.pdf\" class=\"mtli_attachment mtli_pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">City Tree Benefit Statistics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #2f4858;font-family: Crimson Text, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px;font-family: Karla\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Karla\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Tree and Tree Care Informational Resources<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f4858;font-family: Crimson Text, Times New Roman, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 25px;font-family: Karla\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Karla\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\"><a style=\"font-size: 18px;font-family: 'Crimson Text';font-weight: 400\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arborday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Crimson Text\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\">Arbor Day Foundation<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2f4858;font-family: Crimson Text, Times New Roman, serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arborday.org\/our-work\/tree-city-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tree City USA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treesaregood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Society of Arboriculture &#8211; Trees are Good<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waa-isa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Arborist Association<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/UrbanForests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources &#8211; Urban Forestry <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/topic\/ForestHealth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources &#8211; Forest Health<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pddc.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UW Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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