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MIKE: MIDDLETOWN WANTS TO BRI
BACK THE BEAUTY OF ITS PARKS.
BACK THE BEAUTY OF ITS PARKS.
WLWT NEWS 5'S JENNIFER SCHACK
SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN
THE REPLANTING EFFORT.
REPORTER: THE PROBLEM IS
WIDESPREAD, ASH TREES DYING BY
THE THOUSANDS BECAUSE OF THE
BORER.
IN MIDDLETOWN OVER THE LAST 7
YEARS APPROXIMATELY 80% OF THE
PARK ASH TREES HAVE DIED AND
BEEN TAKEN DOWN.
OFF THAT TREE AND LIMBS FALLING,
YOU HAVE TO GET THAT TREE DOWN
BECAUSE IT'S A LIABILITY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PARK,
USING THEM, A LIMB CAN FALL AND
IT CAN KILL SOMEONE.
REPORTER: NOW THERE ARE A FEW
DOZEN ASH TREES STILL STANDING
IN MIDDLETOWN PARKS, BUT BECAUSE
OF THE DEVASTATING BEETLE, IT'S
THEY WILL NEED TO BE BROUGHT
DOWN AS WELL.
IT'S A GRIM STATISTIC, MORE THAN
200 TREES HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN
AND SO FAR ONLY 25 HAVE BEEN
-- REPLACED.
THE CITY IS HOPING THAT'S ABOUT
TO CHANGE
.
BEAUTIFYING THE PARKS AND DOING
SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT IS SOMETHING ALL OF
US CAN GET BEHIND.
REPORTER: BECAUSE PARKS ARE
GENERALLY LOW ON ANY CITY
BUDGET, LEADERS ANNOUNCED TODAY
AN INITIATIVE TO GET THE PUBLIC
INVOLVED.
GO ONLINE, A WEBSITE TAKING
DONATIONS FOR THE CITY TO
REPLANT TREES IT'S CALLED THE
MIDDLETOWN OHIO TREE PROJECT.
THE CITY HOPES TO RAISE $5,000
$5,500 IN SIX MONTHS.
THE MONEY WOULD BUY 12 NEW
ESTABLISHED TREES FOR THE PARKS,
.
>> WE AIM FOR A 2 DIAMETER TREE.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO ANY LESS THAN
THAT THE KIDS PLAY ON THEM.
YOU REALLY NEED A 2 TREE IN A
PARK TO BE ABLE TO KEEP IT
ALIVE.
REPORTER: THEY HOPE TO RAISE
GET THE TREES IN THE GROUND THIS