Pepco – Barnaby Woods Tree Trimming Controversy Continues
Barnaby Woods Residents Seek Amendment to Protect Trees from Utility Companies

By Mandy McAnally

Months of tree trimming controversy has prompted Barnaby Tree Task Force members to take legislative action to protect city trees from utility companies. The task force, which includes residents of Barnaby St. and surrounding areas, was created in response to unnecessary tree removal and pruning by Pepco in Ward 4’s Barnaby Woods and Ward 5’s Rhode Island Avenue neighborhoods.

“The task force, with the backing of Councilman Fenty, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3 /4G and District officials, are moving to amend the Urban Forestry Preservation Act (UPFA),” said Task Force member Michael Katzmann, “to hold utility companies like Pepco more accountable for the removal of city trees.”