Tree Emergency Response Team

Our mission is to identify trees that most likely will be at risk in future developments. Often when we notice that a tree is at risk, it’s when someone is standing before it wielding a chainsaw. Generally, this means it’s too late. The time to start talking about a tree is when the developer is first thinking about the property, before the architect has drawn up the plans. Once the architect has drawn up the plans, it is much more difficult to convince the developer to change direction, as it would be complicated and expensive for the developer to incorporate the trees at that point. If the developer knows that the community cares about its trees, the developer may choose to build without killing the tree. Importantly, it’s vital to be there at the beginning and for the developer to know that we care about our trees. That’s the plan. To…