![2017ST6[1]](https://theridgewoodblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2017ST61.png "April as Tree Planting Month in the Village and April 27, 2018 as Arbor Day")
photo courtesy of Ridgewood Parks and Rec
April 9,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, With Arbor Day right around the corner on April 27, let’s take this opportunity to discuss planting trees. The benefits of planting trees extend environmentally, economically, and socially.
Trees improve air quality by filtering harmful dust and pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide, and sulfur from the air while also releasing oxygen .
In a tree census, or urban forestry assessment, done by the Morton Arboretum in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service, trees of the seven-county Chicago region remove approximately 18,080 tons of carbon from the air each year. For more information on the census, follow the link here.
Trees reduce the amount of stormwater runoff, reducing erosion and pollution in our waterways .
Trees serve as homes for wildlife, and provide them with other resources that they need .
Appropriately placed trees can reduce your cooling costs in the summer by shading the south and west sides of your home .
According to “Urban Trees and Forests of the Chicago Region” done by The Morton Arboretum and U.S. Forest Service, the trees of the Chicago region reduce residential energy costs by about 44 million per year. To view the census, follow the link here.
Trees have the potential to increase residential and commercial property values by improving the appeal of the local area .
Trees can separate and define space, providing a sense of privacy, solitude, and security .Studies have identified a direct correlation between the amount of trees and grass in community common spaces and the use of those common spaces by residents, which leads to more opportunities for informal social interaction and greater relationships between neighbors .
Hey, plant some trees in Schedler. Replant. You destroyed homes of the wildlife.
So why did my new neighbors quickly have all their big tress cut down, making me hate them without even meeting them? Now I have to look at their ugly house.
5.40. I wish VC decision to need permits for cutting for trees bigger than 8″ in diameter was still in place. Sadly right after the rule was withdrawn many large tress saw their end. Very sad. Tress are one of the most important factors to making Ridgewood attractive.
Wow. Tree experts. It’s amazing how people can make assessments from a distance.I, too, have had toi remove big trees. I didn’t want to and it was very expensive. Many of the big tress are badly diseased and are at risk of falling, putting the homeowner at considerable liability risk. That’s why they get taken down. Now go and make friends with your neighbor, but then again, don’t. You appear to be a weirdo.
Continued from 10:21 a.m. Big treessnext to houses and in yard where children play are really a personal decision. And if a property owner wants to chop them down their decision should be respected. Big branches and big trees do come down during and closely following big storms. Tragedies do happen, house destruction happens, remember the woman who was trapped under a tree that had fallen on her here in Ridgewood during last big storm.
That being said. Taking down trees at Schedler is just wrong very wrong. To build another sports field for even more organized sports for our overly organized children who have no experience in nature is just wrong very wrong.
According the National Institute of Health kids who don’t get nature get stressed and depressed and hence the violence in our society..
Overly organized kids go wild and uncontrolled, no ability to self regualte, when they finally get to college, they don;t know how to deal with freedom, hence the violence on college campuses.
How do I get a tree planted on my sidewalk without paying $500 and or being wait listed