Marshfield Mayor Discusses New Tree Program

Monday, January 23rd, 2023 -- 10:00 AM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) -Marshfield Mayor Lois TeStrake is touting a new city program that allows woodworkers to purchase ash trees recently removed from Braem Park.

She says they'll be auctioning off the wood to anyone interested. She says it's part of a long-term plan to improve the park. She says those who buy the trees are free to do whatever they'd like with the wood, but she would love to see someone create something with it, and donate it back to the park.

She says they'd welcome any and all ideas for what to do with the lumber, including if a business wants to do some kind of promotion. "We're looking at anything brought to the table. Even if a business wants to buy some trees and build something with their logo on it."

TeStrake says it's part of the city's plan of removing all ash trees from the park over the next few years and replacing them with other varieties. Money raised from the auction will help the city plant new varieties of trees where the Ash trees once stood.

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