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Shade Tree Management Board

Our reporting from Shade Tree Management Board meetings, newest first.

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Shade Tree Board plans fall plantings at 31 Madison sites

The Madison Shade Tree Management Board approved July minutes and set fall planting plans. Vice Chair Judy Honohan coordinated identification of 31 sites across Madison where trees will be planted by October 1, with species including American Sycamore, Elm, and Swamp White Oak. The board sent two

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Shade Tree Board addresses storm damage, permit disputes

Madison Shade Tree Board addresses July rainstorm damage and multiple tree permit violations. The board completed cleanup from the July 3 storm that caused major tree damage, with Department of Public Works handling major concerns. Chair Gene Cracovia and Arborist Rich Wolowicz will address three

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Madison plants 90 trees, opposes solar panel removals

Madison Shade Tree Board completes spring plantings and formally opposes tree removal for residential solar panels. The board finished 90 spring tree plantings by June 16 and approved 30 additional trees for fall planting, with Vice Chair Judy Honohan and member George Limbach assigned to site

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Board demands Florham Park provide 52 replacement trees

Madison Shade Tree Board formally demands 52 replacement trees from Florham Park. The board met April 16, with Chair Gene Cracovia presiding over the hybrid meeting. Florham Park removed 10 trees while building an access road along the municipal border, but Madison's ordinance requires 52

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Shade Tree Board orders 90 trees for spring planting

Shade Tree Board orders 90 trees for spring, advances removal projects. The Shade Tree Management Board approved a spring planting of 90 trees including 30 in the 1-inch caliper range, with board members directed to identify locations once snow melts. Vice Chair Judy Honohan will submit the order;

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Shade Tree Board Lifts Moratorium on Tree Dedications

Madison Shade Tree Board elects 2026 officers, lifts tree dedication moratorium. The Shade Tree Management Board unanimously elected Gene Cracovia as Chair, with Judy Honohan as Vice Chair and Elizabeth Fontaine as Secretary. The board lifted a previously imposed moratorium on tree dedications and

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