The Ridgefield Town Tree Committee's mission is to encourage the town to commit community effort and resources to preserving and improving our trees and greenscape. Our goal is to establish and maintain an optimum, stable, and safe public tree and plant environment, thereby enhancing Ridgefield's historic character: esthetic, natural, and economic.

The Tree Committee, now consisting of seven volunteer citizens, was established in 1996, when the Ridgefield Tree Ordinance was first approved by the Board of Selectpersons. The committee works with the Tree Warden in an advisory capacity. The Committee has actively sought to expand its knowledge about trees, to use that knowledge in supporting the Tree Warden, and to share that knowledge with the community. Reviewing the planting plans for public construction projects, solving tree issues that arise, and presenting educational programs are some of the Committee's activities. 

Forestry Management Plan 

Ridgefield's Forestry Management Plan, revised and published by the Tree Committee in the Fall of 2003, gives important information about the standards and practices that are essential to maintaining and enhancing the town's impressive trees and shrubs and provides a resource for all who are committee to maintaining the historic legacy of Ridgefield's "noble trees."

A complete copy of the plan can be downloaded here. 

Notable Trees
A notable tree program is maintained by the committee and a booklet was published in July 2004, describing town trees officially designated "notable trees" by the Connecticut Botanical Society, as well as those named locally by the committee. 

Notable trees are trees determined by the Tree Warden and the Tree Committee to be of great age or rarity, associated with an historical event or person, or of tangible value to the community for their scenic enrichment of the area and/or ability to survive a specific disease. Trees designated "notable trees" may receive special treatment to prolong their life. 

Residents may submit their nominations for notable trees to the Tree Warden using this form, accompanied by a photograph or sketch if possible. 

2025 Meeting Schedule

Committee Members

Sequence	Name	Title
1.00	Tom McManus	Chair
2.00	Robert D. Roth	Vice Chair
3.00	Ryan Bossis
4.00	Don Hulnick
5.00	Kitsey Snow
6.00	Anthony Lewis Tufariello