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The Urban Tree Alliance is proud to have been awarded a 2014 “Super Service Award” from Angie’s List. Thank you to all of our clients for their positive reviews. We look forward to continuing to provide you “super service” in the future.

About a year ago the idea of the “Madison Canopy Project” was hatched. A year later we’re very pleased with what we’ve learned, the trees we’ve gotten in the ground, and the people we’ve been fortunate to work with. We planted roughly 200 trees on private property this year and have a long list of…

Today we traveled to the south side of Monona Bay to remove a green ash near the end of its life cycle. No signs of emerald ash borer, but this tree had lost the majority of its canopy to old age. We cut and lowered one side of the remaining canopy at a time and…

The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was found in Madison, Wisconsin in November, 2014 and since then the extent of the infestation has spread throughout Dane County. The presence of EAB means property owners and managers have to decide what to do with their ash trees. If you’re not ready to part with your ash tree now–or…

November 27th, 2013: The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) was just discovered on the north side of Madison. This is the first confirmed case of EAB in Dane County, resulting in a quarantine of wood products in the county. We highly recommend property owners contact the Urban Tree Alliance to decide how they will proceed with…

With help from some very generous donors we’ve been able to purchase about 60 trees for community plantings this spring. By engaging schools, community groups, and others we’re able to get more trees planted than we could alone, but also take the opportunity to teach people about proper planting, tree care, and the value of…

The Urban Tree Alliance is sponsoring a lecture at the Madison Waldorf School entitled “No Child Left Behind”. Lori Barian, of the Great Lakes Waldorf School, will be talking about the importance of connecting children with the surrounding natural environment. As urban areas in the United States expand and our population increasingly is drawn to…

We were happy to participate in two community service events last week. The first was a pruning day at the Vilas Zoo. Dane County arborist, Adam Alves, organized a group of volunteer arborists to prune trees along the busiest areas of the Zoo. UTA joined other area arborists to remove hazardous deadwood and elevate the…

Check out UTA’s new video on Tree Stabilization. In the video we install a supportive cable high in the canopy of a Hackberry tree that has a weak branch union. The cable (actually a nylon rope) lessens the stress on the weak branch union and decreases the likelihood that it could fail, causing part of the tree…