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November 17, 2011
Former Head of City's Urban Forest Advisory Committee Begs CPC Not to Approve Walmart
The proposed site of a new Walmart off LedbetterLongtime Friends of Unfair Park will recognize the name Steve Houser: He's the former chair of the Dallas Urban Forest Advisory Committee honored by George W. Bush in '08 for his volunteer work saving the city's trees. Reason I mention him today: Th ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
There Is a Plan to Replace Those Downtown Trees Removed This Weekend
Click to expand the plans for Elm and Harwood Streets, following the weekend's removal of 10 Live OaksSo, regarding those missing trees at Elm and North Harwood:They'll be back. Don't know exactly when. But, says Lincoln Properties' Laurie Garcia, who manages that corner lot at Elm and Harwood fo ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
How Dallas Will Count Its Trees: Lasers!
Aim an airplane-mounted laser-scanning device at Reverchon Park, and this is what it looks like. Trippy, hunh?Too bad that tree-hugger Alexa's not here -- me, I can't see the forest for the trees, but she knows all about the city's efforts to take an inventory of our trees and the ramifications o ... More >>
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June 16, 2009
Sure, Only God Can Make a Tree. But a New Dallas Tree Ordinance? That's Man-Made.
Monday's public hearing on changes to Dallas's tree ordinance -- Article X of the Dallas City Code, to be specific -- was quiet, cordial, and borderline erudite. Every commenter seemed as well-informed as he or she was passionate, and the breadth of experience -- from two former city council member ... More >>
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June 3, 2009
Among the Trinity Topics Before the Council, Pulling 2,800 Trees Out of Levees
Almost immediately after Schutze posted his wrap-up from the Monday-morning press conference at Dallas City Hall, where Mayor Tom Leppert drove his Chevy to the levees, a Friend of Unfair Park pointed our attention to Page 18 of the Trinity River Corridor Project briefing the city council will cover ... More >>
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May 6, 2009
Love It or Leaf it: Dallas Inches Closer, Just Maybe, to a Tree Preservation Ordinance
At last night's meeting of the Urban Forest Advisory Committee, held deep in the bowels of City Hall, the next chapter in Dallas's tree saga started to unfold. The short version: Article X of the Dallas City Code, which contains the city's landscape and tree ordinances, is under revision, and if you ... More >>
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March 19, 2009
Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?
At last night's meeting of the Urban Forest Advisory Committee, held deep in the bowels of City Hall, the next chapter in Dallas's tree saga started to unfold. The short version: Article X of the Dallas City Code, which contains the city's landscape and tree ordinances, is under revision, and if you ... More >>
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January 23, 2009
There is Unrest in the Forest, There is Trouble With the Trees
Flickr photo: NoVA_MxerToday's issue of Science features a study by U.S. Geological Survey ecologists Nathan L. Stephenson and Phillip van Mantgem about how trees in the Western U.S. are dying twice as fast as they did a couple of decades ago. Reached by phone in his California office, Stephenson sa ... More >>
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October 15, 2008
The Giving Tree: Dallas Urban Forest Chair Gets Bush Volunteer Award
Flickr photo: NoVA_MxerToday's issue of Science features a study by U.S. Geological Survey ecologists Nathan L. Stephenson and Phillip van Mantgem about how trees in the Western U.S. are dying twice as fast as they did a couple of decades ago. Reached by phone in his California office, Stephenson sa ... More >>
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June 25, 1998
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Flickr photo: NoVA_MxerToday's issue of Science features a study by U.S. Geological Survey ecologists Nathan L. Stephenson and Phillip van Mantgem about how trees in the Western U.S. are dying twice as fast as they did a couple of decades ago. Reached by phone in his California office, Stephenson sa ... More >>

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Former Head of City's Urban Forest Advisory Committee Begs CPC Not to Approve Walmart

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There Is a Plan to Replace Those Downtown Trees Removed This Weekend

Blogs

How Dallas Will Count Its Trees: Lasers!

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Sure, Only God Can Make a Tree. But a New Dallas Tree Ordinance? That's Man-Made.

Blogs

Among the Trinity Topics Before the Council, Pulling 2,800 Trees Out of Levees

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Love It or Leaf it: Dallas Inches Closer, Just Maybe, to a Tree Preservation Ordinance

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Dallas Wants to be a Green City, So Why Not Save Some Trees?

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There is Unrest in the Forest, There is Trouble With the Trees

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The Giving Tree: Dallas Urban Forest Chair Gets Bush Volunteer Award

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