PARKS, RECREATION, & FORESTRY
City Forestry
Park, Recreation and Forestry
Allyn Frerichs, Director
David Karolcvak, Park & Forestry Superintendent
221 Main Avenue Brookings, SD 57006-2077
605 692-2708 Phone
605 697-8355 Fax
mdempster@cityofbrookings.org
Mission Statement
Preserve and perpetuate one of the community's most valuable natural
resource and asset - its municipal forest of trees on public property,
including boulevards, parks and other city properties.
 Programs
and Services
The City of Brookings is responsible for the planting, care and
maintenance, and removal/replacement of trees on public property
(city boulevards, parks and schools). This is a cooperative effort
with homeowners adjacent to boulevard trees, who are encouraged
to assist in this care through watering, fertilizing and minor pruning
of the smaller trees.
Dutch Elm Disease (DED) City Forestry maintains a strict sanitation
program as the primary effort in a control program to keep annual losses
to a minimum. See Brookings Code of Ordinances, Chapter 26 for complete
information.
Boulevard Tree Planting - City Forestry plants trees on
boulevards in new residential areas, after curb and sidewalk are
completed. A planting plan is developed to insure appropriate species
of trees, as well as spacing, setback at intersections, etc. Please
call Parks & Recreation at 692-2708 for additional information.
New trees are also re-planted after DED removals.
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