The City of Findlay has received a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry to hire an urban forester to conduct a risk assessment of trees within the city, create action plans to implement a Community Forestry Management Plan, and train city staff and the Shade Tree Commission.

The city says, if there are trees that are identified that need to be removed for safety/maintenance issues, the Urban Forester and Public Works Department will follow ODNR best practices to do so, which is a strict requirement of the grant guidelines.

The city says up to 300 trees could be replaced, many of which have been unmanaged and are in decline and pose a hazard for overhead and underground utilities as well as infrastructure like streets, curbs, and sidewalks.

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