The Seattle Urban Forestry Commission in 2014 recommended that its Department of Planning and Development require project developers to complete urban forestry canopy impact assessments. Seattle’s growth and property development and building is continuing at breakneck speed and impacting Seattle’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tree Ordinances
Seattle is currently undergoing an update of its Comprehensive Plan. The update to deal with growth projections over the next 20 years is required under the State’s Growth Management Act. The projections are that Seattle will see a significant increase of 120,000 … Continue reading
Seattle’s Urban Forest Stewardship Plan calls for Seattle reaching a 30% canopy goal by 2037. Seattle’s current tree canopy is about 23%. The UFSP states that Seattle’s land are is 54,379 acres. A Seattle canopy cover of 30% canopy = … Continue reading
The Seattle metropolitan area urban forestry canopy has decreased from about 40% in 1972 to only about 23% today in the city of Seattle. And every neighborhood has seen the loss of trees both one by one and in larger … Continue reading
Portland Oregon has enacted a far reaching update of their regulations on protecting trees and their urban forest. Originally slated to be effective in 2013 it will now be law as of January 1, 2015. Here is the link to … Continue reading
There are many reasons why trees are lost in Seattle despite efforts to protect them. The following is another example of why our interim tree ordinance needs to be updated. It lacks the protections many other cities have and does … Continue reading
Here is what is currently in place as to removing trees in Seattle as of November 2013. . The “interim” tree ordinance passed in 2009 by the Seattle City Council is the governing ordinance. It came about because of the … Continue reading
Save the Trees- Seattle is a citizen’s coalition in Seattle, Washington working to update it’s current ordinance dealing with trees and Seattle’s urban forest. We have opposed the Seattle Department of Planning and Development’s (DPD) past efforts to weaken and … Continue reading