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Trees took a beating in this week’s ice storm.
Calls about downed trees and fallen branches began Sunday evening and were still coming by Tuesday afternoon, said Keelan Arnold, who’s with the city’s forestry services. There was everything from trees blocking roads to large branches that were in danger of falling on vehicles or houses.
Most of the calls came from areas with more mature trees, such as Kitchissippi and Central wards.
According to a 2013 survey of city-owned trees by the Forest Planning and Protection Unit, there are more than 9,800 trees in Kitchissippi Ward, and 7,100 trees in Central Ward.
It’s hard to say whether some species of trees were more affected by the storm than others, said Arnold, but cone-bearing trees are more likely to carry heavier weights and snap during ice storms.
After a storm, the city collects brush material, turns it into woodchips, then sends it to nearby landfills as a decomposing layer for the sites.
“Any larger wood material that we pick … up goes to a city site, where we’re able to have potential bidders take that wood and use it for things like pulp and firewood,” Arnold said.
If city crews meet with the homeowner while removing a tree, Arnold said that in some rare cases, the homeowner may ask to keep the small piece of wood that fell on their property as decoration or firewood, but that practice is not usually encouraged by the city.
In the past, Arnold said, some some residents would express an interest in keeping the newly felled trees, but would later call the city saying they changed their mind and wanted it removed — forcing the city to come back to the site to take it away.
Hydro Ottawa said it dispatched nine crews of arborists Monday to deal with fallen trees affecting power lines during the ice storm.
Nearly 43,000 Hydro Ottawa customers were without power at one point Monday. The company has not yet been able to determine how many fallen trees caused power outages, but noted that there are more than 60,000 trees in close proximity to power lines in Ottawa.
Arnold said that trees that topple during ice storms are regularly replenished by the city, either by planting a new tree in its place, or finding a home for it elsewhere in the city.
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Calls about downed trees and fallen branches began Sunday evening and were still coming by Tuesday afternoon, said Keelan Arnold, who’s with the city’s forestry services. There was everything from trees blocking roads to large branches that were in danger of falling on vehicles or houses.
Most of the calls came from areas with more mature trees, such as Kitchissippi and Central wards.
According to a 2013 survey of city-owned trees by the Forest Planning and Protection Unit, there are more than 9,800 trees in Kitchissippi Ward, and 7,100 trees in Central Ward.
It’s hard to say whether some species of trees were more affected by the storm than others, said Arnold, but cone-bearing trees are more likely to carry heavier weights and snap during ice storms.
After a storm, the city collects brush material, turns it into woodchips, then sends it to nearby landfills as a decomposing layer for the sites.
“Any larger wood material that we pick … up goes to a city site, where we’re able to have potential bidders take that wood and use it for things like pulp and firewood,” Arnold said.
If city crews meet with the homeowner while removing a tree, Arnold said that in some rare cases, the homeowner may ask to keep the small piece of wood that fell on their property as decoration or firewood, but that practice is not usually encouraged by the city.
In the past, Arnold said, some some residents would express an interest in keeping the newly felled trees, but would later call the city saying they changed their mind and wanted it removed — forcing the city to come back to the site to take it away.
Hydro Ottawa said it dispatched nine crews of arborists Monday to deal with fallen trees affecting power lines during the ice storm.
Nearly 43,000 Hydro Ottawa customers were without power at one point Monday. The company has not yet been able to determine how many fallen trees caused power outages, but noted that there are more than 60,000 trees in close proximity to power lines in Ottawa.
Arnold said that trees that topple during ice storms are regularly replenished by the city, either by planting a new tree in its place, or finding a home for it elsewhere in the city.
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