Woodstock Shade Trees in Trouble

A quick look around just the area of the Green and up Rock City Road finds some serious decline for Woodstock's shade tree population. Maples are dying back-the large Birch behind the Chamber Building looks like it won't be around much longer, ash are all goners, and the center of town area is littered with the stumps of large town owned trees that were taken down and never replaced. Future generations may find themselves hunting for shade in a very hot downtown Woodstock as air conditioners use vast amount of carbon based electricity to keep cool. . The town needs not only a replanting program, but a maintenance program to keep trees healthy and long lived. They also need sufficient open soil at their base which is severely lacking on many of the trees pictured in the video. May be why they are hurting.