Nearly 20 years in the making, Brookline’s first Tree Preservation Bylaw officially became law at the end of November. Despite that long, sometimes controversial path to enactment, the bylaw’s first few months on the books have been relatively uneventful. Based on a similar tree bylaw adopted in Concord, Mass., the Brookline bylaw is designed to… Continue reading Brookline’s first tree preservation bylaw takes root, with new regulations aiming to protect urban canopy
