Tree Advisory Committee Members

Bruce Bushart

Bruce and his wife moved to Bethlehem more than 40 years ago because of the Four Corners, neighborhoods with mature trees, and the solid school system.  Bruce has been active in the community on many fronts, including organizing the Humanities Institute for Lifelong Learning (HILL) that brings college level courses to Bethlehem residents, participating in the development of Town’s Comprehensive Plan, and serving on the Supervisor’s Tree Working Group that laid the groundwork for the recently passed Tree Ordinance.

TOC Bruce Bushart

Judith Fetterley

Judith holds a certificate in Garden Design from the Institute for Ecosystem Studies.  She has been working with plants for over 40 years as a home gardener, a Master Gardener, and as the owner and manager of Perennial Wisdom, a small garden design company.  With her brother, she oversaw for 30 years the management of a 100-acre woodlot in Richfield Springs, NY, now the Fetterley Family Working Forest, open to the public.

TAC Judith Fetterley

Justine Heilner

Justine is a registered landscape architect in New York State.  She has been working on the design, care and management of both public and private landscapes for almost 3 decades.  She is a tree lover, sometimes tree climber, and always thinking about the beauty of the natural systems around us.

TAC Justine Heilner

Meagan Mazzarino

Meagan has a doctorate in natural resources management and has researched the use, governance, and change over time of wetlands and forests in the Peruvian Andes.  She has taught science at both the high school and college level and enjoys working with students of all ages.

TAC-Meagan-Mazzarino

David Plummer

David Plummer is the Horticulturalist and Volunteer Manager at the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands, where he maintains thousands of trees from around the world and over three miles of trails through forests, fields, and around ponds.  He grew up in Bethlehem and is now raising two kids here with his wife, and they truly appreciate the beautiful trees that can be found throughout town.

TAC David Plummer