I believe the fish’s name was Blinky!

It is the official tree of Baltimore City. Schaffer signed it, no one in Baltimore politics has cared enough to change.

To be clear, no one currently working for Forestry has planted a Bradford pear. These trees were the industry darling in the ‘70s but haven’t been planted for several decades. Proof: I worked for Forestry for 14 years until last year.

That was thanks to Forestry Division and community speaking up!

Forestry is not part of the efforts to remove healthy trees.

Gwynns Falls, Chinquapin Run, Powder Mill, Hillen Rd/Mt Pleasant, etc. they have a ton more planned. Stony arum is one they did less than 10 years ago and it’s failed 3 times. Each time they have to go back in and remove more trees to “fix” the problem. These projects are removing 100 year old trees for “30 year old projects” that only last 3 years.

And not just present hazard like tainted water. My biggest concern with DPW is there absolute disregard for the environment. They are removing acres upon acres of forests to implement outdated “stream restoration” measures, that are known to fail, just to get MS4 credits.