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Changing of the Guard: RITree Announces New Vice Chair
This fall, RITree reluctantly accepted the resignation of long time Vice Chair Margaret Ryan, with  much gratitude for her years of service, and continuing on as a member of the Board.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the most recent to attain Tree City USA status.
 
Lincoln
Former Tree Steward Judy Hadley is hard at work coordinating Lincoln’s first ever tree inventory project. Volunteers are needed to help canvass town streets.  A training session will take place on August 30, 2007 between 6 pm and 9 pm at Lincoln Town Hall.  For more information, or to volunteer, call Judy at 401-724-5292.
 
East Providence
Nearly 80% of this community’s street tree inventory has been completed according to Tree Warden Michael Bartlett.  The tree count currently stands at 4,307 trees with about ¼ of this town’s 190 linear miles of roads still needing to be surveyed.  Inventory specialists Pauline Smith and Laura Allen plan to finish this tree analysis project by late fall 2007.
 
Providence
City Forester Douglas Still announced the key findings of the year-long Providence Tree Tally at a news conference held at a Smith Hill neighborhood park in late June. The results show that Providence’s 25,000 street trees are worth about $81 million.
 
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