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Advocates push Seattle to consolidate urban-forestry functions and fund canopy protections
Summary
Tree advocates asked the council to consolidate nine city forestry functions into a single agency, fund canopy incentives and conservation-easement pilots, and measure canopy volume as well as canopy cover to support salmon and orca recovery.
Multiple speakers at the Oct. 7 Select Budget Committee public hearing called for structural and funding changes to protect Seattle's tree canopy.
Sandy Shetler of Tree Action Seattle told the committee Seattle currently has nine different urban-forestry departments and urged funding to begin unifying those functions into one agency to reduce duplication and improve canopy…
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