Category: News
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Madison Tree Map
The Urban Tree Alliance was awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to implement and manage an online tree inventory of the greater Madison area using the “Open Tree Map” platform. Termed the “Madison Tree Map”, this project will consolidate all of the existing tree inventories from muncipalities, neighborhoods, campuses and others…
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Dormant Season Tree Pruning
With dropping temperatures and shorter days nearly all of our urban trees have dropped their leaves and gone dormant. The dormant season is the best time to prune trees. For oaks and elms this is the only time to prune and avoid the potential spread of Oak Wilt and Dutch Elm disease. For all other…
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Atwood Online Tree Inventory
Sustainable Atwood and the Atwood Neighborhood received a grant in 2011 to inventory all of the trees on private property in the neighborhood. The Urban Tree Alliance has had the privilege of helping to analyze the data and share it with the community. One outcome was an online map of the inventory data that also includes the…
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Volunteer Day at Lake View Elementary School
This Saturday, October 13th, Lakeview Elementary School on the north side of Madison is hosting a volunteer day to remove invasive species and dead trees from their incredible oak woodland. The Urban Tree Alliance will be there to help. If you’re free this Saturday com up and join us. Work times are 9-12 and 1-4.…
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Emerald Ash Borer: What you need to know
The Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive wood boring beetle, has been in the Madison news a lot recently. While the insect isn’t yet established in Dane County, it is gradually inching its way here and was recently found in Janesville, WI. For more information about EAB, visit our EAB Page. Here’s what you can do…
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Community Education Classes
The Urban Tree Alliance is hosting a couple of community education classes in the coming months. We’re partnering with Community Groundworks to offer classes on Tree Identification and using tree limbs to make Green Garden Decorations. Classes are free and open to the public; descriptions are below. TREE ID CLASS Join the Urban Tree…
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Madison’s Drought and Tree Care
Having not received significant rainfall in well over a month, plants in Southern Wisconsin are showing signs of stress. Compared to agricultural crops or turf grass, trees have well developed and substantial root systems that allow them to reach moisture that evades other plants. However, in a drought like this even established trees can become…
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Managing Urban Tree Hazards
Last week the New York Times ran a series of three articles on the hazards of trees in the Big Apple. Having worked as an arborist for the New York City parks department and now advising homeowners and municipalities on the health and stability of their trees in Madison, WI, I though it appropriate to…
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Gypsy Moth Season
With the warming temperatures of spring comes the emergence of insects. One invasive and detrimental insect in Southern Wisconsin is the Gypsy Moth. As a caterpillar, this moth species feeds on over 600 species of woody plants, defoliating and stressing the tree. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection apply…
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Arbor Day Plantings
Urban Tree Alliance staff and directors had the opportunity to plant trees with 3rd and 4th graders from Shorewood Hills Elementary School in honor of Arbor Day. This was a very enthusiastic group that together got seven new trees in the ground. You can see more photos on our Facebook page. Happy Arbor Day!