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CITY OF HUTCHINSON FORESTRY
320-583-8982
RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE [email protected]
ORGANIC ONLY COLLECTION Donovan Schuette, Arborist, MN-4636BM

COMPOST ENERGY TREE PROGRAM 2022
All food scraps, coffee filters, and grounds,
Tea Bags, Greasy boxes, Napkins, Shredded
paper, Yard and Garden Waste

We will be accepting applications for the 2022
energy tree program on September 1. A reminder
that the program has changed from planting trees
to delivering trees except for special
accommodations.
Up to 3 trees per application
$15 per application (not per tree)
Applications are available at the Recreation Center
or online at the City of Hutchinson Energy Tree
Page: www.ci.hutchinson.mn.us/energytree.html
Questions? Please Call 583-8982

Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

The EAB is an insect that kills ash trees. EAB is now present in
almost every county around McLeod county but hasn’t been
Organic's found yet in Hutchinson. We are currently managing our ash
tree population anticipating its arrival at some point in the
Only!! future.
Currently, about 15% of publicly owned trees are susceptible
to EAB. In recognition of this, the City has set aside some
funds for ash tree removal and replacement. This program
provides for removal and replacement of ash trees to
maintain our tree lined boulevards, preserving for our
generation, and future generations, the numerous benefits of
having a well developed tree canopy in our community.
If an ash tree on the boulevard near your home is declining in
health, we invite you to contact us to let us know about it. We
will be putting these trees on a list and will likely be able to
remove and replace upwards of 50 trees per year. Before
being removed and replaced, an evaluation of the tree’s
health will be conducted, along with determining the
proximity of the tree to others being removed. This is done to
avoid having too many trees removed and replaced in any
one neighborhood.
Stump removal

We try to have stumps of trees removed in a calendar year
removed by at least the fall of the same calendar year. If you
have a stump from a removed tree on the boulevard several
months old, feel free to let us know.

New Home Boulevard Planting
CreekSide Compost Facility is open year around to Forestry staff will be planting trees on new home boulevards

accept organic material. Please check in with the site through our development program this fall. If you have a
monitor located at the drive up window and they will recently built home with no boulevard trees and have not
direct you to the proper drop off site. been contacted, please call or email us.
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