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Commission backs moving forward with 2025–26 landscape master plan to remove hazard trees

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The commission reviewed a landscape master plan that would remove hazard trees near the building and replant an ‘alley of trees’ at the perimeter over 2025–26; commissioners asked about replacement of a historic catalpa and sizing/species choices.

The Michigan State Capitol Commission discussed and signaled support to proceed with its 2025–26 landscape master plan, which calls for removal of hazard trees near the building and replanting trees at the site perimeter to restore historic sightlines.

Rob Blackshaw, the commission’s executive director, summarized renderings showing how removing inner trees and replanting perimeter trees would reopen the…

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