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ASSOCIATES SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE FOR ARBORIST / LICENSED TREE EXPERT (LTE) AND FORESTRY SERVICES CME Associates currently has three (3) NJ Licensed Tree Experts (LTE’s) on staff. We are the Township Forester/Arborist for Manalapan, Certified Tree Expert of Howell Township, the Township Tree Specialist in Jackson Township, the Conservation Officer for Marlboro Township and the Township Forester for Toms River Township. Our duties for our clients typically include review of landscaping and tree save plans for the Planning and Zoning Boards prior to plan approval. Once plans are approved, we participate in preconstruction meetings and site visits to designate existing tree save areas and to ensure proper methods of tree protection is upheld throughout the construction phase. After site work is complete, our office meets with the landscape contractors to review proper plant material installation for acceptable tree quality and standards. Landscape installation is then reviewed and any necessary landscape punch lists are generated for the developer to correct prior to bond release or certificate of occupancy (depending upon the individual Municipality's protocol). Also, in both Manalapan and Marlboro, our office visits all new houses and buildings to issue an approval for certificate of occupancy. This approval ensures homeowners (especially new homeowners) are not moving into a house with dangerous dead limbs or trees in the vicinity of their residential site that should be the developer's responsibility. If shade trees are required on the project, these are then observed at this time as well. Besides tree related work on new construction sites, our office responds to homeowner complaints and performs site visits for tree removal permits in both Manalapan and Marlboro Townships. We also aid the Shade Tree Committees in grant writing and overseeing the grant funded projects, maintaining Tree City designation and planning Arbor Day celebrations. These programs and projects all help to maintain the municipalities’ approval status by the State Forest Service under their individual Community Forestry Management Plan, which ensures the municipalities’ liability protection. In addition, our office works closely with both of these municipalities’ public works departments. Our LTE provides expert guidance on required maintenance or removal of trees in question.

rotection. In addition, our office works closely with both of these municipalities’ public works departments. Our LTE provides expert guidance on required maintenance or removal of trees in question. In public parks and within Right-of-Ways, advice is also provided to manage insect infestation and other tree related concerns. After the hurricanes over the past few years, our staff has also worked in conjunction with Zoning/Code officers to alleviate concerns between residents over potentially hazardous tree situations.