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Residents press commission over tree removals and herbicide use in Natural Areas Program
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the commission to halt or constrain tree removals and the use of tiered herbicides in the city's Natural Areas Program, linking trees and canopy to air quality, habitat and neighborhood health.
Several residents used the commission's public comment period to press city officials on the Natural Areas Program, alleging large-scale tree removal, overuse of herbicides and threats to urban tree canopy and habitat.
Anastasia Glickstern opened public comment by reading from a critical article and said the Natural Areas Program "kills trees" and uses "highly toxic herbicides" classified as tier 1…
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