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Category Archives: Felling Trees
Day 3: The Century-old Trees are Still Going Down
This article is reproduced from SFForest.net It’s Day 3 of the tree-felling at Glen Canyon Park. This video shows one huge tree, 133 years old, going down: [HERE’s the link.] And here, for those who cannot bear to watch the … Continue reading
The Second Day of Tree-felling at Glen Canyon
The line of ancient eucalyptus trees at the Elk Street entrance to Glen Canyon Park is being destroyed. HERE is a link to a Youtube video on the second day of the tree-felling. Below is a selection of still pictures … Continue reading
The Trees are Being Felled – Now
Even as we write, the tree-felling has started in Glen Canyon. First to go will be the line of grand old eucalyptus trees, over a century old, at the Elk Street entrance. This is despite the fact that the audience … Continue reading
Speak Up: Rec & Park Glen Canyon Renovation Meeting – 7Jan 2013
[This article is also posted on SFForest.net] This is your chance to ask the tough questions about the Glen Canyon Park Renovation Project—poor community process, piecemeal tree removals, wasteful spending that squanders much of the $5.8 million, or anything else … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Park: Another Appeal Submitted
Edited to Add: The appeal described below was ruled “untimely.” This left the possibility of legal action by the environmental group WiserParks (formerly known as ForestForestForever), which they decided not to pursue for practical reasons. Environmental group ForestForestForever has submitted … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Board of Supervisors, environment, felling trees, Glen Canyon Park
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“Reforesting” Glen Canyon with Bushes: What 163 trees?
San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department (SF RPD) has been claiming that it will plant 163 trees to replace the 58 trees it currently plans to fell for the Rec Center (2008 Bond) project that will move the existing tennis … Continue reading
Glen Canyon Trees: Decoding the Arborist’s Reports
In September 2012, we published our analysis of the tree-felling expected in Glen Canyon. A new arborists’ report dated October 1, 2012 changes the numbers. It now recommends cutting down nearly 150 trees – still a lot, but an improvement … Continue reading
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Tagged Bushes and shrubs, Glen Canyon Park, Glen Canyon Park tree-felling, Trees
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Support for the Trees: Glen Park Association Meeting Oct 2012
We’d like to thank Michael Rice and Sally Ross of the Glen Park Association for holding an open and well-run meeting last night, 18 Oct 2012. A number of topics were discussed, but the most important from our point of … Continue reading
Nearly 3,000 Signatures! Delivering the Petitions
On October 14th, we electronically delivered the petitions signed by all of you to our San Francisco Officials and managers. On October 15th, we delivered them in hard-copy versions. We had over 2800 signatures on two nearly-identical petitions. The bound … Continue reading
Save the Trees of Glen Canyon Park, San Francisco 