KNOXVILLE TREE BOARD

The Knoxville Tree Board has already provided a valuable opportunity for tree advocates to come together to discuss ways that Knoxville may become a more tree-friendly environment.  It was created around 1992 in response to the Tree Ordinance that was passed around this same time.  Jeff McCarter currently serves as the City Arborist.

Knoxville has been designated a Tree City by the The Arbor Day Foundation for the past 16 years.  In order to become a Tree City, a city must have:

  1. A Tree Board or Department
  2. A Tree Care Ordinance
  3. A Community Forestry Program With an Annual Budget of at Least $2 Per Capita
  4. An Arbor Day Observance and Proclamation

 There are 36 Tree Cities in Tennessee; read about them here.

For many years, Jim Cortese (owner of Cortese Tree Specialists, Inc.)  was the chair of the Tree Board.  It is now chaired by  Mr. Tom Wolf of Wolf Tree.  His term expires in November, 2008.  There are ten other Tree Board members:

  • Mr. Stephen Noe (KUB)
  • Mr. Jeff Pfeifer (Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Engineers)
  • Mr. Tom Wolf
  • Mr. Tom Simpson
  • Mrs. Dessa Blair
  • Mr. Robert P. Santore
  • Mr. Frank Rothermel (Denark-Smith, Inc.)
  • Ms. Kimberly Davis (University of Tennessee)
  • Ms. Terry Faulkner
  • Ms. Beth Eason
  • Mr. John Luttrell

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