Tree Board
The Tree Board is an advisory board concerning trees in the city.
Committee & Commission Meeting Times
For more information on the Elkins Tree Board, visit the Elkins Friends of Trees Facebook Page. If you would like to be added to the Elkins Friends of Trees email list, please contact elkinstreeboard@gmail.com.
- Board of Property Maintenance Appeals
- Board of Zoning Appeals
- Building Commission
- Fire & Rescue Service Fee Appeals Board
- Firefighters Civil Service Commission
- Historic Landmarks Commission
- Housing Authority of the City of Elkins
- Parks and Recreation Commission
- Planning Commission
- Police Civil Service Commission
- Sanitary Board
- Tree Board
- Water Board
Current Members
- Nanci Bross-Fregonara, term expires 12/31/2025
- Iris Allen, term expires 12/31/2025
- Linda Burke, term expires 12/31/2027
- Linda Silva, term expires 12/31/2026
- Marilynn Cuonzo, President, term expires 12/31/2026
- Cody Kerns, term expires 12/31/2026
- Andrea Brandon, term expires 12/31/2026
- Melissa Thomas-VanGundy, term expires 12/31/2026
Adopt-a-Tree Program
One purpose of the City of Elkins Tree Board Adopt-A-Tree program is to have more young trees planted throughout the city. The Adopt-A-Tree program provides a free young tree to selected homeowners in each of the city’s five wards.
This past spring, 19 trees were distributed. Although the Spring Adopt-A-Tree program is now closed, there may be a smaller opportunity in the fall of 2025, depending on available funds. Please note that all applicants must be residents of the city. Selected tree owners commit to taking care of the tree and planting it within two weeks of receiving it.
A Self-Guided Tour: The Downtown Elkins Tree Walk!
For more than 100 years, trees have graced downtown Elkins. Most recently, they grew in planter boxes—but over time, the confined space limited their growth, harmed their health, and damaged the sidewalks.
Thanks to WV Division of Forestry grants, support from the City of Elkins, and many volunteers, downtown now has new sidewalk trees. Over the past four years, these trees were set in larger spaces with a decorative tree grate, giving their roots room to thrive while protecting the sidewalks. The Tree Board planted a variety of species to safeguard against disease or infestations—like the blight fungus that devastated chestnut trees along the East Coast in the early 1900s.
Exploring downtown? Take the Downtown Elkins Tree Walk! Click on the image to open and then print it; or pick up a printed version at the Downtown Depot Welcome Center (315 Railroad Ave.).
Elkins Urban Forest Management Plan
The Elkins Urban Forest Management Plan was accepted by City Council in 2024. It contains information about the Elkins Tree Board’s goals and objectives, mission, work plans, and public survey results, which helped shape the document.
It also includes tree planting and care guidance and lists of recommended trees with descriptions for our area.
Apply
If you are interested in serving on this or any other board or commission, submit an application to be kept on file at the City Clerk’s office. Vacancies do not frequently arise, but, should an opening occur on a board for which you have indicated interest within two years of receipt, you will be contacted.
For More Information
City Clerk
Sutton Stokes
401 Davis Ave
Elkins, West Virginia 26241
304-636-1414, ext. 1211 (office)
suttonstokes@cityofelkinswv.com
