📰 In the News: ROOTED: Town working to preserve natural beauty of Mulock Park

📰Newmarkettoday.ca article by Joseph Quigley published February 1, 2024, reporting on the tree stewardship and protection plan following a tour of the Mulock property ahead of construction. Here's an excerpt from the story:

Almost every part of the former Mulock estate property in Newmarket is filled with history, from the centrally located house to the hundreds of trees and plants across the site.

Some of the trees are more than 100 years old, from maples and willows to a famed grove of walnut trees planted by Sir William Mulock himself.

As the Town of Newmarket navigates the transformation of the property into a public park, it has begun working through the care and maintenance of the trees, determining how to best preserve some, while cutting down others where needed.

“We’re transforming it from what was a private home to a public park, and in doing so, we want to preserve as much of the natural beauty as we can,” development and infrastructure commissioner Peter Noehammer said. “We are removing these trees that are in decline, or in poor health, or pose a hazard… We want to do so in a way that respects nature and also adds, at the end of the day, to the natural heritage value.”

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