SHB 1078 failed to get voted out of the Washington State Legislature this year. Below is the e-mail we sent Legislators. We will be working on this issue to get it passed next year. E-Mails Needed to support tree replanting … Continue reading
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Questions regarding One Seattle Comprehensive Plan draft EIS – May 6, 2024 What is your estimation of planting needs and time frame to replace canopy lost during development (over 5 year periods as tracked by the city’s canopy study)? The Tree Protection Ordinance refers to “tree replacement … Continue reading
Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 4:44 PMTo: PCD_CompPlan_EIS@seattle.gov <PCD_CompPlan_EIS@seattle.gov>Subject: Comments on Draft EIS for One Seattle Comprehensive Plan Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development, 600 4th Ave, Floor 5 Seattle, WA 98104 Response to Analysis of Plants and Animals in Section 3.3 of the One Seattle Comprehensive Plan draft EIS – lot coverage issue and building will be different than … Continue reading
The Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties (MBAKS) registered in 2022 and 2023 with the city of Seattle regarding Lobbying on updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance – from Public Records on Seattle Note – bolding of parts of … Continue reading
https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2021/09/seattle-voters-overwhelmingly-favor-policies-to-protect-and-expand-the-citys-tree-canopy.html Seattle voters overwhelmingly favor policies to protect and expand the city’s tree canopy – NPI’s Cascadia Advocate In July of 2021, we teamed up with TreePAC to investigate support for a a range of sensible ideas for creating policy … Continue reading
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
Tree protection polling insights Prepared for the Seattle City Council by the Northwest Progressive Institute team May 3rd, 2023 Introduction Councilmembers, NPI thanks you for your work with Mayor Bruce Harrell to improve climate resilience and strengthen protections for Seattle’s … Continue reading
e-mail sent to Seattle City Council Dear Councilmember Dan Strauss, Concerns regarding amendments are based on Wednesday, April 26 amendment sheet, which is the latest the public has seen. We have not seen any updates on amendments on the Land Use Committee … Continue reading
The Seattle City Council is in the processing of updating Seattle’s Tree Protection Ordinance. Wording for specific amendments is happening now. Final discussion and adoption of amendments will take place at two Special Land Use Committee meeting on Thursday May … Continue reading
[pdf-embedder url=”https://friends.urbanforests.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/January-2023-Seattle-Tree-Protection-Findings-Briefing-Packet.pdf” title=”January 2023 Seattle Tree Protection Findings Briefing Packet”] 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 … Continue reading