League of Women Voters has a new mission: Defend urban trees

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EVERETT — Looking for a way to combat climate change, the League of Women Voters of Snohomish County decided to protect urban trees.

As she assessed Snohomish County’s tree permitting process, Kate Lunceford found herself looking ruefully at a row of evergreens that had been chopped off at 4 feet, a developer’s plans showing sidewalk-shading lindens that were never planted, and a dozen Western red cedars that were planted 12 feet apart even though each tree’s canopy is destined to spread out 25 feet.

She concluded the county’s tree code was insufficient and unenforced.

“It was kind of laughable,” Lunceford said.

Lunceford spearheads the nonprofit group’s tree campaign. Members chose the subject because trees pull planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air and store it. They also reduce the impacts of extreme weather by providing shade, releasing cooling vapor and slowing stormwater runoff.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/league-of-women-voters-has-a-new-mission-defend-urban-trees/

[Grasswire2]

1. ongoing battle in my city

damn developers

[abqtommy]

2. One thing I've always appreciated here in Albuquerque is that the city has

always had an ambitious tree-planting program. There are mature trees here
everywhere on city property, along sidewalks and in medians. And there's website
we can visit to find out what types of trees are planted.

https://www.cabq.gov/parksandrecreation/resources-rules/tree-information

The many city parks of various size located throughout the city also make me glad
that I relocated here back in 2005.