On May 17 last I sought the co-operation of Tamworth Regional Council in having the parasitic mistletoe removed from trees in Arthur Emblen Park and, at the top of Brisbane St.
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This was followed by attention being drawn to similar problem in Victoria Park adjacent to The Mens’ Shed.
Last contact on September 28 was to the effect that they did not have an EWP (?) available.
The recent Leader letters from Trish Cansdale and Joey Wilcox reminded me to check on Victoria and Arthur Emble parks.
Result: mistletoe is bigger and better than ever.
I had an arborist give me an estimate of time required to correct these problems and the answer was one hour at this stage of the mistletoe development.
Can we please have some action to preserve these beautiful tree specimens??
Reg Brody
Tamworth