THE PUBLIC SHADE TREE TRUST PROJECT

If you want to review the Massachusetts Public Shade Tree Trust just click here.

Information about the the benefits that a Town or City will receive by joining the Shade Tree Trust can be found by clicking here.

If you want to know how leaks from the natural gas pipeline system can damage and kill trees just click here.

Attorney Jan Schlichtmann and his innovative Public Shade Tree Trust has been featured in over 200 media and news publications and outlets across the country and around the world. The groundbreaking project to help towns and cities protect the urban forest from the poisoning caused by leaks from our aging natural gas pipeline network can be reviewed by going to google.com and selecting “News” and putting in “gas leaks and shade trees” or “Schlichtmann”.

As of this date the following major media organizations have reported on this unique and pioneering project to protect our environment and health, Fox News, CBS, ABC, Washington Post, Newsday, Forbes, International Herald Tribune, Business Week, Houston Chronicle, The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and the Denver Post. There are currently over 200 different media outlets running the story.

The featured video on Channel 5 in Boston is available by clicking here.

Another featured story on CBS Channel 4 in Boston is available by clicking here.

If you want to learn more about the Civil Action Center, The Shade Tree Trust or Attorney Schlichtmann just subscribe to our RSS feed for the Shade Tree Trust Blog by clicking here and you can stay up to date on all the news, stories and progress this unique approach makes as it attempts to assist cities and towns, and their citizens, in identifying trees damaged by natural gas leaks and then working to save or replace them.