The Parks and Community Services Department is launching a “Heritage Tree Campaign” in the Fort Worth area. You can nominate your favorite tree, or any tree with historical and/or community signifigance. They are hoping to include 100 local trees in this first year. To be nominated, the trees must meet the following criteria:
- Possess unusual size, age, species significance or other characteristic that contributes to its heritage status.
- Be located on an historic site, or contribute to the history of a site.
- Enjoy notoriety.
- Serve as a well known landmark.
- Contribute to significant communities ties.
The site Fort Worth Forestry site mention the trees growing in the middle of Crestwood Drive, the I-30 homeless Christmas tree, Mesquite at Will Rogers, and several others. I would have to mention the trees along the hidden road originating at Crestwood Park, and ending at Greenwood Cemetary. This a beautiful road, lined with nature. Unfortunately I believe Chesapeake has planned a well site along this road. I would anticipate repaving of the road and perhaps some reduction in the wildlife there.
I would be interested to see what other ideas people have for trees which might meet this criteria.
