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Residents, nonprofits press DDOT to expand community-led tree care and pass two tree-protection bills
Summary
Nonprofits and neighborhood groups told the Council Committee on Transportation and the Environment they want a DDOT pilot to let community groups help maintain street trees and urged rapid passage of two local tree bills: the Tree Preservation Enhancement Amendment Act and the Office of Natural Area Conservation Establishment Act.
Members of a citywide panel on urban forestry told the Council's Committee on Transportation and the Environment that existing city planting efforts need follow-through and local partners to keep young trees alive and to protect older trees in natural areas.
Brenda Lee Richardson, coordinator of the Anacostia Parks and Community Collaborative, told the committee: "The benefits of urban trees are many. They help manage our city's storm water, clean the air we breathe and provide shade on a hot summer day." She said money alone will not address long-standing canopy inequities and urged the council to pass two bills to protect trees on both private and public land.
Nonprofit leaders described two legislative priorities. Richardson and others backed the Tree…
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