The number of trees approved to be removed over the past three quarters as dead, dying, or hazardous (DDH) has been declining over the past three quarters, but so have the number of site applications to remove trees as DDH.   Because we cannot see the number of construction sites that have tree removal applications (which often contain DDH applications that reduce the recompense fees), we cannot ascertain whether the decline in DDH trees is due to a decline in building applications or just fewer trees dying overall.  However, the percentage of DDH applications that are approved by the Arborist Division has gone up from 88% to 93%.

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