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CARING FOR TREES TODAY.
PLANTING TREES FOR TOMORROW
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Dumont, New Jersey was a sleepy farming hamlet until 1883 when the West Shore Railroad arrived. In 1894, Dumont Clarke became the first Mayor. Developers enticed potential buyers from NYC, resulting in a population of 634 in 1900. One 1906 brochure describes: “Dumont is not a treeless farm… Its streets are shaded by stately trees, and its houses present an air of comfort and refinement…” Camp Merritt opened in 1917, with the Monument circle and the dogwoods planted in Memorial Park are reminders of the million soldiers who deployed here. In 1951 a short movie “MY TOWN DUMONT” described: “We are a commuting people, departing by bus or train… In the cool of the evenings we return… the air is pure, clear, crisp -- where birds carol in melodious notes of welcome to a town sedate, calm, quiet and clean. A delightful place of shaded streets lined with pleasant, homey homes and gardens most attractively informal… Travel where you may, you will find no place more attractive in its simplicity than my town.”
| Click here for helpful FACT SHEETS from the DUMONT SHADE TREE COMMISSION: |
| ADOPT-A-TREE & PLANTING GUIDELINES 2008 |
| ADOPT-A-TREE PERMIT APPLICATION 2008 |
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Hazardous Tree Notification Form |
| APPEALS 2008 |
| APPROVED TREE LIST 2008 |
| SIDEWALKS & STREET TREES 2008 |
| UTILITIES & STREET TREES 2008 |
In 2009, Mayor Matthew McHale made the following appointments to the Dumont Shade Tree Commission:
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Tara Barker, Secretary |
April 2011 |
Tom Fisichella, Vice President |
December 2013 |
Joan Lafferty, Co-Treasurer, Alternate |
April 2011 |
Sara Reiss, Co-Treasurer |
April 2010 |
Abbie Slaman, Webmaster, Alternate |
April 2012 |
Ray Slaman, Vice President |
April 2014 |
Sally Tayeb, President |
April 2012 |
Looking ahead:
Dumont Arbor Day!Saturday, April 25, 2008 at the NEW ARBORETUMClick here for entry form for the Art, Photography and Poetry ContestSPONSORS
are needed to support our NEW SCHOLARSHIP fund. Sponsors will appear on
the back of the 2009 Dumont Arbor Day and Arboretum Groundbreaking Tee
Shirt.
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Helpful Links for Urban Forest Management:
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| Anoplophora glabripennis -- Identifying the Asian Longhorned Beetle |
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Cool
Communities Shade Tree Program from the San Diego Regional Energy
Office — Includes some interesting information on energy savings
encouraged through the use of trees. |
How
To Report a Tree Hazard — with Contact
Information
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Rutgers
Cooperative Extension — Enviro-Connect at the Forestry Program |
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Shade
Trees and Biodiversity in the Urban Environment from |
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University
of Missouri Extension Office: Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees. (
some useful summary information on a variety of tree choices for zone 6
with over 20” of rainfall/year) |
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Urban
Tree Risk Management: A Community Guide to Program Design and
Implementation. By the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area
and issued in the NJ CORE TRAINING manual. This is the text we
referenced as our "base line" for tree decisions for the
Tree Survey and for ongoing maintenance. It is the best available
authoritative reference standard because it is objective regarding tree
hazards, and it is a national resource. (83mb available to be
downloaded from USDA website) |
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What
Tree Is It? by the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) |
copyright 2006-9
Dumont Shade Tree Commission
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