Towering evergreen trees sheltering homes define Seattle. They mean we can survive and even thrive in the face of growing climate impacts. But our roadmap to natural sustainability is under attack by developer interests who gain quick profits from “lot sprawl.”
We get a lot of questions from our elected officials and builders about if building housing and trees is possible — and if so, how we can do it. Here's Tree Action Seattle's expert-backed* guide to how we can build up and green Seattle.
The Omnibus bill, aka CB 120823, is a bill to make small, technical and grammatical changes to Seattle’s building and tree code, and is up for a public hearing next Wednesday. The bill leaves the most damaging legislative pieces of Seattle’s tree ordinance intact.
SDCI wants us to believe hundreds of trees are saved from removal on development projects, but their own data reveals that almost none are truly protected.
A new report by Birds Connect Seattle exposes that Seattle's latest tree law will result in the loss of over 200 acres of trees in Environmental Justice Priority Areas (EJPAs).