Rotarians Meet TWiG

TWiG Committee Chair and licensed arborist Carol Herwig and soil scientist and TWiG Committee super volunteer Fred Bowers gave a talk to the Belfast Rotary Club at their monthly lunch on Wednesday, December 4. Fred explained the iTree software the Committee uses to inventory trees, while Carol described the overall tree inventory project, funded by a Canopy grant from the Maine Department of Environmental Resources and endorsed by the City of Belfast. Six months into the 18-month grant period, TWiG has cataloged 1,641 trees growing on city property along the town’s roadways, begun the development of a patch forest in Wales Park with the aid of Belfast Area High School students, and planted trees at East Belfast Elementary School and BAHS.