Dunellen Shade Tree Commission
Members needed to help beautify Dunellen. Contact Ken Baudendistel at shadetree@dunellenborough.com, call Borough Hall at 732-968-3033, or click here for a copy of Dunellen's Citizen Leadership Form to indicate your interest in becoming a member of the Shade Tree Commission.
The Dunellen Shade Tree Commission is now on Facebook.
Dunellen Arbor Day 2013 Celebration
Friday, April 26, 2013
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Gavornik Park
click here for a flyer
Let's replace what Hurricane Sandy took! Bring the green back to Dunellen!
Hurricane Sandy took down 72 of our trees in Dunellen last October and we need your help. If you would like to replace the street tree in front of your house or in one of our 6 parks, this is your chance!
Residents responsibility
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Provide the funding (DSTC will discuss cost)
Dunellen Shade Tree Commission
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Select the correct species for the site
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Make the purchase
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Have it professionally planted
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Supply a "Gator Bag" for easy watering
Kenneth Baudendistel |
term expires |
12/31/2015 |
| Cindy Beam | term expires | 12/31/2014 |
| Robert Rios | term expires | 12/31/2017 |
| Sue Butterworth | term expires | 12/31/2017 |
| VACANT | term expires | 12/31/2015 |
| Cate Walsh | term expires | 12/31/2014 |
| Mitchell Weiss | term expires | 12/31/2014 |
The Dunellen Shade Tree Commission is entrusted with the regulation, planting, care, and control of shade tree and ornamental trees and shrubbery upon and in the streets, highways, public places, parks, parkways, and vacant lots of the Borough of Dunellen.
The Dunellen Shade Tree Commission consists of seven members appointed by the Mayor and they serve as volunteers, without compensation. Members are encouraged to attend forestry training and to attend the monthly meetings.
Pictured, left to right: Kenneth Baudendistel, Sue Butterworth, Mitch Weiss, and Cate Walsh, working the booth at the Dunellen Street Fair, September 26, 2010.
Meeting Schedule for 2013:
January 14, March 11 (Open House at the Dunellen Library, 6:30 pm), April 8, June 10, September 9, November 11, 2013.
All meetings begin at 7:30 pm, and are held in the Recreation Office, Borough Hall.
For photographs of the Arbor Day Celebration that was held on May 14, 2011, click here.
To contact the DSTC: shadetree@dunellenborough.com
Or visit us on face book: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Dunellen-Shade-Tree-Commission/159893800710284
Shade Tree Commission, Dunellen Municipal Code Chapter 74
Dunellen Tree Ordinance
Fines and Penalties for Violation of Tree Ordinance, 2008-03
Recommended Species for Street Planting
Dunellen Community Forestry Plan, January 2012, click here
Tree Identification Document
Tree Planting Specifications
Tree Maintenance Tips
Agenda and Minutes of the Shade Tree Commission:
March 3, 2011
April 7, 2011
September 8, 2011
November 3, 2011
February 2, 2012
March 1, 2012
August 16, 2012
January 14, 2013
March 11, 2013