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05.21.2012
Monthly Meeting

 

The Tunkhannock Tree Association and Tunkhannock Shade Tree Commission will meet on May 21, 2012 at 7:00 PM in the Tunkhannock Borough Building, 126 Warren Street, Tunkhannock, PA. The planting, pruning, and removal of trees in the Borough tree lawns will be discussed. New members are welcome. The public is invited to attend.
04.26.2012
2012 Arbor Day Tree Planting

 

To celebrate 2012 Arbor Day the Tunkhannock Tree Association will be planting a Red Maple tree on West Tioga Street across from the Methodist Manor. Tunkhannock Area High School students from the Plant & Biology class will participate in the celebration.

Recent TTA Event: 2012
Photo Contest Winners

On March 19, 2012 the 9th Annual TTA Photography Contest entries were judged. The contest theme was "Your Favorite Wyoming County Tree." TTA would like to thank judges Scott Mowry, Jerry Kengersky and Michele Thomas for volunteering to evaluate this year's amazing entries and select the winning photos.

 

TTA would like to thank all the persons who entered the contest (ages 8-84) for highlighting the importance and beauty of trees using their unique perspectives and skills. All photos entered into the contest will be displayed during the month of May in the Dietrich Theater lobby showcases.

 

Grades K-6: Color

 

         

            1st Prize: Rebecca Fick

     "I Am Small But I Am Strong"

 

Grades 7-12: Color

 

         

         1st Prize: Elliot Hammersly

           "Chosen to Stand Alone"

 

         

             2nd Prize: Nicole Perez

                 "The Apple Tree"

 

Adult Color

 

         

           1st Prize: Janie Stabinsky

           "Natural Field Goal Tree"

 

         

           2nd Prize: Natalie Wentz

                   "In Perspective"

 

         

           3rd Prize: Dianne Smith

               "Promise of Spring"

 

Adult Black & White

 

         

             1st Prize: Dianne Smith

                 "Upper Field Pine"

 

         

       2nd Prize: Claire Hammersly

             "A Face Upon a Tree"

 

         

         3rd Prize: Holly Holdredge

               "Old Time Memory"

 

 

Welcome! The Tunkhannock Tree Association (TTA) invites you to browse through our web site pages and learn about who we are and what we do as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. Our motto "Strong Trees Strong Community" guides our decisions as we care for the Tunkhannock Borough trees, educate children and adults about the best tree management practices, and maintain collaborative relationships with local, state, and federal organizations.

TTA 2013 Photography Contest
will be the 10th Anniversary

Please check back for the 2013 TTA Photography Contest 10th Anniversary theme and printable entry form. If you have an idea for the theme, please send an e-mail to:

wendy@tunkhannocktreeassociation.org

 

 

Tree Pruning: TTA Style

TTA Member Pruners: Wendy Sweppenheiser (Certified Arborist), Bob Robinson (Certified Arborist), Don Sweppenheiser, Diane Secor, Carolyn Layaou, Bob & Lavona Daniels, Ingrid Rogler, Patrick Robinson, Jennie & Jerry Pitkus

 

Throughout the summer growing season TTA member pruners can be seen walking the Tunkhannock Borough streets pulling a blue wagon filled with the equipment and tools needed to prune trees.

 

Trees located in the Borough tree lawns and public rights-of-way are pruned for reasons such as diseased or dead branches, sidewalk and street clearance, and sign visibility.

 

Working together as a team TTA member pruners consistently demonstrate their experience using proper pruning techniques and their dedication to tree health.

 

Teamwork

              Lavona, Jennie, Wendy, Ingrid

 

 

          Bob R., Bob D., Patrick, Don, Wendy

 

Experience

                    Wendy, Bob D., Bob R.

 

 

                                        Don S.

 

Dedication

                                        Diane S.

 

 

            Carolyn, Lavona, Wendy, Don

 

Just For Fun

                                        Bob D.

 

 

                                  Lavona D.

 

 

 

 

 

TTA Collaborates with Tunkhannock Borough DPW

  Tom Baker & Steve Stonier

 

Mike Mead Operating Bobcat

 

With the beginning of the 2011 summer pruning season TTA began collaborating with the Tunkhannock Borough DPW in order to identify the Borough street trees in the most need of pruning.

 

DPW employees can readily identify the street locations of these trees because of branch clearance problems when performing duties using vehicles such as the Borough garbage truck.

 

TTA would like to thank Tunkhannock Borough DPW workers Steve Stonier, Tom Baker and Mike Mead for providing information that enables TTA to make the most productive use of its available pruning time and for their rapid response in removing the piles of pruned branches.

 

 

2011 Bare Root Tree Planting

On Nov. 10-11, 2011 with the help of student volunteers from the Tunkhannock Area High School Forestry and Wildlife Class, TTA members planted 20 bare root trees in various tree lawns throughout Tunkhannock Borough.

 

           

 

                 

 

                 

 

 

Tree Talk

September 2011 was definitely one of the worst months ever in the history of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The flooding was devastating for many families who lost their homes, their belongings and their sense of security.

 

Residents in Wyoming County watched in disbelief as Swale Brook, usually an innocuous little stream, became a raging torrent. Tunkhannock Creek grew into a river and the Susquehanna River devoured everything in its path.

 

At the end of Septemeber another bout of excessive rainfall caused more water to pour down mountainsides, to undercut roadways and to cause even more damage.

 

Is there anything we can learn from this devastation besides not building within 500-year flood plains?

 

Nature has designed trees to play an important role in helping to control flooding. Had our beautiful Endless Mountains not been covered with trees, the devastation would have been even more severe.

 

We need to listen to our foresters, conservationists, arborists and scientists who tell us our future will be determined by how well we conserve and respect our land. We need more trees to border streams and rivers which must be allowed to meander in order to slow down the water.

 

We all must work together to preserve our beautiful planet for our grandchildren. Green is not a catchword, but a necessity. Greening the planet with more trees will benefit all of us.

 

written by TTA member Jennie Pitkus