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:

Mike Heinz (Owner, Trees R Us) Term: 11/21/07 through 11/09

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

Stephen Gerow (Owner, Western Colorado Nursery) Term: 11/21/07 through 11/09

Molly Pierce (Parks Maint., City of GJ) Term 11/21/07 through 11/09

Robert Johnston - Alternate (Retired) Term 2/2/08 through 11/10

*Re-appointed, not first term