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Shade Tree Commission outlines 2025 work plan; reports 178 planned plantings, 140 removals, 600+ prunings
Summary
The Shade Tree Commission presented its 2025 work plan to Borough of State College council, reporting staff-planned planting of 178 trees, removal of 140 dead or dying trees, pruning of more than 600 trees, election of officers, and mitigation of a PennDOT project that reduced tree removals to 12 replaced trees.
Lynn Herman, chair of the Shade Tree Commission, presented the commission’s proposed 2025 work plan and a summary of recent activities at the Borough of State College council meeting on Feb. 3.
Herman said the commission and borough staff planned 178 new tree plantings for the past year, removed 140 dead or dying trees, and pruned more than 600 trees. The commission also held five public meetings in the prior year and elected officers for 2025, with Elaine Shuckers serving as vice chair. Herman said Warren Reed joined the commission this year, replacing longtime member Bill Elmendorf.
Herman described the outcome of a PennDOT infrastructure project that the commission had flagged: initial plans called for removal of up to 50–60 trees along a corridor from College Avenue to West College Avenue, but the final work removed 12 trees and required replacement plantings. “So it was greatly mitigated. So thank you very much for your follow through and your staff to make sure that we have a very nice, landscape and also a very nice shade scape in State College,” Herman said.
The report lists the commission’s 2025 schedule of five public meetings and continued public outreach; Herman noted the meetings are available by Zoom. No formal council action or vote on the work plan was recorded in the transcript during the presentation.
The presentation also included brief community remarks about Black History Month prior to the commission report, and Herman opened her remarks with references to her participation in local school programs during Black History Month.
