Supervisors approve contracts for new trees at county parks

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors authorized the advertisement for bid and subsequent issuance of contracts to plant new trees at county parks.

The supervisors voted 4-0, Jan. 10, with Greg Cox at a National Association of Counties meeting, to implement a proposed Comprehensive Tree Program. The program will remove and replaced dead and weakened trees and will install direct watering systems in parks which have had significant tree canopy loss.

“Years of drought and invasive insects have taken a toll on our local tree population,” Supervisor Bill Horn said. “Large and small trees will...