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		<title>How Are The Trees In Your Neighbourhood Being Treated?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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On January 25, CBC Radio 1&#8217;s Ontario Today&#8217;s Gardening Phone-in with Ed Lawrence focused on the management of urban trees and the need for stronger by-laws to protect them.
Guelph activist Diane Hurst was not only able to call in to talk to Ed, she also managed to get us a copy of the audio to put [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=683&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Little Art For Big Trees, 10 Carden on March 20 &#8211; Call For Submissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jan Andrea Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guelph Urban Forest Friends Art Show and Sale takes places at 10 Carden, Carden St., Guelph on March 20 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The art show showcases original art, photos or poetry celebrating big tree(s).

All submissions must be backed or framed for hanging
Maximum size for each work 10” excluding framing
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		<title>Tree Removal In Royal City Park &#8211; A Child&#8217;s View</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2010/01/31/tree-removal-in-royal-city-park-a-childs-view/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young mom was visiting Royal City Park with her son, where 52 trees deemed to be unsafe by the City of Guelph are being removed.  She sent this sensitive account to GUFF, and gave us permission to publish it.
My son thought that the signs on the trees were because people were saying that they were cool trees [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=646&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Royal City Park Trees Marked For Removal&#8230; Soon They Will Just Be A Memory</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2010/01/08/royal-city-park-trees-marked-for-removal-soon-they-will-just-be-a-memory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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It seems that the 52 mature trees in Royal City Park condemned for removal have now been marked with bright orange &#8220;X&#8221;s indicating that they are to be cut down. The removal of the trees is expected to be carried out next week.
In the meantime local people, who love the trees in the park, have started [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=630&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City Council Approves Removal Of 52 Mature Trees In Royal City Park</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/12/02/city-council-approves-removal-of-54-mature-trees-in-royal-city-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 23, Guelph City Council approved an Operations Dept. plan to remove 52 mature trees from Royal City Park. GUFF and Sierra Club Canada made delegations explaining why some of the trees should be retained. 
Read the GUFF presentation
Read the Sierra Club Canada presentation
At the council meeting, Councilor Piper requested that the citizens be encouraged to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=613&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Guelph Presentation</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/12/02/sustainable-guelph-presentation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>City Of Guelph Lays Charges After Carson Reid Clear-cutting</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/11/02/city-of-guelph-lays-charges-after-carson-reid-clear-cutting/</link>
		<comments>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/11/02/city-of-guelph-lays-charges-after-carson-reid-clear-cutting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Guelph have laid 151 charges against three companies as a result of an investigation into clear-cutting in the south-east end of Guelph on land owned by the developer, Carson Reid.
The incident occurred in June at 2007 Victoria Road South. The City’s By-law Compliance and Enforcement Officers completed their investigation into the incident in September, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=609&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Urban Forest Council &#8220;Tree Preservation And The Planning Process – Moving Ahead&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/10/23/ontario-urban-forest-council-tree-preservation-and-the-planning-process-%e2%80%93-moving-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/10/23/ontario-urban-forest-council-tree-preservation-and-the-planning-process-%e2%80%93-moving-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GUFF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario Urban Forest Council’s Annual Conference &#8220;Tree Preservation and the Planning Process – Moving Ahead&#8221;
Trees are increasingly regarded as beautiful and effective tonics to our polluted planet, with a long list of social, environmental and economic benefits.   Sadly, preserving trees or allocating adequate space for future planting is rarely considered in the development process.
The Ontario [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=602&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Must Act Now To Save Our Trees</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/09/08/we-must-act-now-to-save-our-trees/</link>
		<comments>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/09/08/we-must-act-now-to-save-our-trees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GUFF</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Must Act Now To Save Our Trees
Susan Ratcliffe
Guelph Mercury, June 19, 2009
If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a noise?
If a developer cuts down acres of trees and no one does anything about it, should we make some noise?
Along Gordon Street beyond the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=575&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Help The Environment &#8211; Plant A Tree</title>
		<link>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/09/08/help-the-environment-plant-a-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://guffguelph.ca/2009/09/08/help-the-environment-plant-a-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to do something to help the environment? Why not plant a tree?
The project, aptly named the “Cool Communities Residential Shade Tree Planting Program”, is aimed at encouraging homeowners to plant trees for energy conservation.  Shade trees planted on the southern and western sides of a home can save 25–40%, and reduce peak energy demand [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=guffguelph.ca&blog=947669&post=570&subd=guffguelph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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