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star Firewood sales will resume in November 2008.

 

Forestry Division staff cares for Evanston's "urban forest." Duties include tree planting, maintenance and removal. Each summer, a crew drives down every street in Evanston, visually inspecting elm trees for signs of disease.

 

Following a wind storm, Forestry crews clear trees or tree limbs from public areas. They also assist other divisions plowing snow from the streets following a major snow storm.

 

Pest update: April 18, 2008

State and federal officials announced that Asian longhorned beetles, the pests responsible for the destruction of more than 1,500 trees in northeastern Illinois, have been eradicated in Illinois.