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In 2005 Mayor Terry Stark received Oxford's
2nd Tree City USA Growth Award |
Oxford has been named a "Tree City USA" by the National
Arbor Day Foundation since 1993, receiving a leaf each year since,
honoring its commitment to its community forest. In 2006, only
117 communities in all of New York State have earned this proud
designation,
and Oxford was one of them.
In 1997, Oxford was awarded with the National Arbor Day Foundation "Growth
Award". This was achieved with the work of Dale Johnson, the former
Oxford High School Agriculture instructor who's also a member of
the Oxford Village Tree Board (until 2007). Mr. Johnson had his class
inventory all the trees in the Village. His students marked, measured,
and typed all the trees, entering the data on computer. It is a great
inventory and could potentially be used in a long-term tree study.
This huge undertaking was very worthy of the 1997 "Growth Award".
In October 1998 the Village of Oxford received a plaque from the
Chenango County Soil and Water Conservation District, for the "Promotion
of Forestry in Chenango County".
In 2005, Mayor Stark was again presented with the Tree City USA
Growth Award for demonstrating progress in its community forestry
program
for its planning and management, and tree inventory and analysis.
It was Dale Johnson's classwork again, enhancing the tree inventory
and locating 70+ sites to place new trees. This was the second
time Oxford was the proud recipient of this award. The Growth Award
recognizes
environmental improvement and higher levels of tree care in Tree
City USA communities.
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