HP Forestry Management Plan is Approved

The NJ DEP has now certified Highland Park’s five-year update to our Community Forestry Management Plan. This update was, like the original plan, prepared by the Shade Tree Advisory Committee and its consultant Kevin Scibilia, CTE (Certified Tree Expert). We hope it takes into consideration some of the things we’ve been hearing from you, the dwellers under those public trees. The updated certification means we continue eligibility for special planting and pruning grants that we have often used. It also clarifies thinking about future directions of tree management and workable tree laws. Not every town gets certified for this enviable position, so lots of thanks to the people who worked it all out.