Urban Trees

Shade Tree Commission

The Shade Tree Commission was created to further sound urban management practices, to preserve and enhance the beauty of Cumberland, and to study the problems and determine the needs of the city with regard to tree planting and maintenance programs.  For a list of Board members and meeting dates, click here.
 

Hazardous Trees

Please inform the City if you see a tree that you believe poses a hazard and is in need of emergency pruning. Other tree emergencies such as fallen trees, fallen limbs, and hanging limbs should also be reported.  The Arbor Day Foundation defines a Hazard Tree as:
 

"A tree with structural defects that may cause the tree or a portion of the tree to fall on someone or something of value."
 

To report a hazardous tree or a tree emergency please use the online Tree Work Request Form, or call Paul Eriksson at 301-759-6607.
 

Cumberland City Code References

• Chapter 2. Article V. Division 3. Shade Tree Commission (view excerpt)
• Chapter 14. Article I. Sec. 14-1. Removal or trimming of trees, vegetation, etc. (view excerpt)
• Chapter 22. Article V. Trees and Shrubs (view excerpt)

Online version of Cumberland City Code
 

Links

• Maryland: Smart, Green and Growing
  • Green Print
  • Plant Trees
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources
  • Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service
  • Roadside Tree Law
  • Maryland Tree Expert Law
• Arbor Day Foundation
• International Society of Arboriculture
• Society of American Foresters