treesment synonym: treasment; noun; a conservation easement to protect specimen trees, whereby owners of important trees, voluntarily encumber their land with a promise that runs with the land, to protect and preserve the tree for its naturally aesthetic lifetime, in exchange for a proportional reduction in their property taxes equal to the value of the tree and associated land to the drip line.
To assure that future generations may enjoy the magnificence of the Copper and American Beech trees on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI, specimen tree owners, the Newport tree warden, Newport Tree Society representatives, Newport taxing authorities, and Newport taxpayers who underwrite the cost, created, implemented, and recorded the first known treesment, which encumbrance runs with the property and protects the tree for its natural aesthetic lifetime.
by tautog October 13, 2018