Grand Junction Forestry Board

The Grand Junction Forestry Board acts as a reviewing body for the purpose of determining professional qualification and competence to engage in the business of cutting, trimming, pruning, spraying or removing trees by giving written, oral and practical license examinations. The board also makes recommendations to the City Council for the adoption of rules and regulations pertaining to the tree service business in the City, and it may hear complaints from citizens relating to the tree service business. The board meets the first Friday of each month at 8 AM in the Parks Maintenance building at Lincoln Park.

Three of the five members shall be selected from any the following categories: professional arborist, nursery person, landscape designer, pesticide applicator or representative of the Colorado State Forest Service. The Board shall have no more than one member from each category. The remaining two members may be lay persons. Terms are three years long and expire in November.

You may apply to serve on this board by submitting a letter of interest accompanied by an application and brief resume addressed to the Grand Junction City Council, c/o the City Clerk, 250 N. 5th Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501. (click here for application)

Board Members:

David Gave (GM Petco) Term: 11/03/04 through 11/10*

Kamie Long (Forester for State Forest Service) Term: 11/21/07 through 11/10

Robert Johnston (Retired) Term: 02/02/08 through 11/12*

Cliff Sprinkle (Bank Manager, First Nat'l. Bank of the Rockies) Term 04/05/10 through 11/12

Vacant - Term through 11/12

Vacant - Alternate Term through 11/10

*Re-appointed, not first term