Bath tree board seeking grant to survey town trees

by Trish Rudder

The Town of Bath council approved the tree board’s request to apply for a tree survey grant from the West Virginia Division of Forestry, a division of the state’s Department of Commerce.

Tree Board committee member Kate Lehman said at the August 3 council meeting that the grant cost is $12,000 — $4,000 for the professional arborist to do a “on the boots” survey, and $8,000 for a software program that will…