Bedford Arbor Resource Committee 

Proposed 2025 Tree Policy 

The primary goal of the Proposed Tree Policy is to preserve Town trees.

The Proposed Tree Policy focuses on two measures that have proven effective throughout the Commonwealth:

• Enforce State Law to preserve Public Shade Trees
• Establish meaningful costs and penalties for removing a Town Tree or Public Shade Tree

What Trees are we talking about here?

Both the proposed and existing Bedford Tree Policies apply to Public Shade Trees and Town-owned trees. Here is an explainer.

Why should we care so much about preserving Bedford’s Trees? 

Trees are valuable and irreplaceable! Start here, with the Value of Trees Primer.

What’s the difference between the existing Tree Policy, and the new one? 

This should help – Old vs. Proposed Tree Policy

This is a work in progress.  BARC is interested in your questions and feedback.  Contact us! 

BedfordArborResources@gmail.com