Friends of Seattle’s Urban Forest Response to Seattle City Council’s Passage of Tree Ordinance Update ARE WE REALLY PROTECTING OUR EXISTING TREES WITH THIS LEGISLATION? The passage by the Seattle City Council of CB 120534 on May 24, 2023 … Continue reading
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Click on bottom of slide above to see results NW Progressive Institute – January 2023 See also:: Second set of Seattle tree protection poll findings affirms voters value urban forests – NW Progressive Institute – Dec 20, 2021 Seattle voters … Continue reading
Council Bill 120584 AN ORDINANCE relating to tree protection; balancing the need for housing production and 6 increasing tree protections; and amending Sections 23.44.020, 23.47A.016, 23.48.055, 7 23.76.004, 23.76.006, and Chapter 25.11 of the Seattle Municipal Code. – Summary and … Continue reading
Dear Gordon Clowers and Nathan Torgelson, Description: item 2 does not list other zones that can remove 3 tree per year. Just saying all other zones is not something people can readily understand? Is it 1 zone or 5 zones. … Continue reading
Budget balancing amendments proposed on Monday Nov. 14, 2022 – add Urban Forester position to OSE, request for OSE report on tree planting funds needed, added $250,000 for SDOT tree planting, $500 thousand cut in 2024 for Green Seattle Partnership … Continue reading
Send Letter to Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle City Council: bruce.harrell@seattle.gov council@seattle.gov Dear Mayor Harrell and the Seattle City Council, Please act to update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. It’s been 13 years since the Seattle City Council first urged the … Continue reading
Following Post is copied from Seattle Greenspace Blog – Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment to help make information available to the public Three Positions Available: Apply by 2/24/22 to Join the Urban Forestry Commission February 8, 2022 by Kristin Brown … Continue reading
Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw to Champion Tree Protection Ordinance Update Seattle City Councilmember Sally Bagshaw, who Chairs the Finance and Neighborhoods Committee, has agreed to pick up the effort to update Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. The legislation was being … Continue reading
Coalition for a Stronger Tree Ordinance Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance Update is on the move again. Councilmember Sally Bagshaw has agreed to move this legislation forward, after Councilmember Rob Johnson resigned from the Seattle City Council earlier this year. Councilmember … Continue reading