Peoria County has no heritage-tree ordinance protecting big old trees on private lots. The City of Peoria, a Tree City USA for over 30 years, runs its public forest through an Urban Forestry Advisory Board; protection flows from city ownership of parkway trees.
Peoria has been a Tree City USA since the early 1990s, recognized in 2026 for its 33rd consecutive year, and manages its public forest through a City Arborist and an eight-member Urban Forestry Advisory Board that advises council on tree needs and policy. That framework protects public trees, not private ones: neither the city nor Peoria County designates heritage, landmark, or specimen trees on private lots, so a large old oak in your yard carries no special removal ban. Protection elsewhere flows from city ownership of the parkway, boulevard, and right-of-way trees the Forestry Division maintains.
No heritage designation means no removal ban on a private-yard tree. Damaging or removing a city-owned parkway or boulevard tree without an Arborist permit brings restitution for its appraised value plus replacement.
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