Residents Invited To Help Identify Madison's Most Historic Trees

MADISON, NJ — Madison has a long-standing program called the Landmark Tree Program that recognizes special public and private trees. The Shade Tree Management Board, which runs the program, is asking the public to assist in locating and identifying potential "landmark trees."

The Shade Tree Management Board (STMB) mandated the program in 1988, and it has been updated on a regular basis as Madison loses trees due to aging, disease, and increasingly volatile weather patterns.

There are currently nineteen trees listed. Click here to see the most recent list of Landmark Trees.

"Madison has many more such trees to be identified and honored, trees that have been part of the history of our town and its people," the Shade Tree Management Board said.

Madison residents are encouraged to nominate trees that meet the following criteria:

• The tree is 100 or more years old.
• The tree can be connected to a significant historical context and/or event(s).
• The tree is of outstanding trunk diameter or drip line diameter for a tree of its species.
• The quality of the foliage is outstanding for a tree of its species.
• The location, environmental contributions in terms of shade, carbon sequestration, erosion
• control, air quality, and its value to birds and insects, as well as the aesthetic and scenic enhancement of such a tree is of particular note.

To nominate a tree, fill out the nomination form and either mail it to the Shade Tree Management Board, 50 Kings Road, or email it to ShadeTree@rosenet.org.

"We are asking the public to please help us locate and identify the trees we can all celebrate and treasure," Madison officials said.