Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental
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Why Protect Existing Trees?
In many parts of urban unincorporated Washington County, large trees and groves are being removed during development. A healthy urban forest canopy provides significant benefits such as cooling our temperatures, absorbing pollution, soaking up rain that causes flooding, and other benefits.
Our goal is to show that trees and housing developments CAN and should coexist, and there are already examples around us. Join our movement to protect trees!
Our all-volunteer organization gets out on-the-ground to assist property owners in understanding the benefits of trees and in maintaining existing trees. We monitor new housing developments to ensure existing trees are protected according to jurisdictional policy. We have summer watering programs to help new and existing trees better survive climate changes. We are also engaged in a new program, "Cool Schools", to provide more natural shade for schoolyards in underserved communities.
In many parts of urban unincorporated Washington County, large trees and groves are being removed during development. A healthy urban forest canopy provides significant benefits such as cooling our temperatures, absorbing pollution, soaking up rain that causes flooding, and other benefits.
Our goal is to show that trees and housing developments CAN and should coexist, and there are already examples around us. Join our movement to protect trees!
Our all-volunteer organization gets out on-the-ground to assist property owners in understanding the benefits of trees and in maintaining existing trees. We monitor new housing developments to ensure existing trees are protected according to jurisdictional policy. We have summer watering programs to help new and existing trees better survive climate changes. We are also engaged in a new program, "Cool Schools", to provide more natural shade for schoolyards in underserved communities.
