| We all recognize the
personal pleasure and beauty green spaces and trees provide in
an otherwise metropolitan setting. Community trees are not
decorative. Trees provide a host of financial, health and
environmental benefits. Sarasota
County features a naturescape
defined by more than one hundred tree species, including coastal
mangroves, bald cypress, native and exotic palm trees, pine
groves, oak hammocks, expressive crape myrtles and majestic,
ancient live oaks. The diversity and health of our urban forest
supports a thriving, vibrant habitat, filters our environment
and has contributed in making our county a center for
development.
The Forestry Division was formed in 1987
to manage these resources and conserve them for the future.
We would like to
acknowledge the generosity of Dr. Edward Gilman,
University of Florida/IFAS and the Florida
chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture. – Demetra McBride, Forestry
Manager
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