More trees means better health! Lakewood is a city that has been unable to plant enough trees to meet or even come close to their own 2025 goal that was established in 2015 for a 30% urban tree canopy. Reaching that goal would require planting half a million trees! In 2023, the city held its…
NOTE: As of February 13, 2024, no healthy trees have been removed. If the project is approved, over 60 large trees are to be destroyed at 777 S. Yarrow Street in Lakewood, CO which is within Belmar Park’s habitat zone but not within the park’s property boundaries. A professional zoologist visited the site and observed:…
What is a habitat zone? Urban habitat boundaries are not necessarily congruent with the boundaries of a specific underlying property parcel. An urban habitat zone may touch upon more than one property parcel. The zone may also include more than one habitat type if interdependence characteristics of any resident species exist. Wildlife is not aware…
Urban areas can mitigate the loss of native and migratory bird habitats by safely conserving parts of dead trees. Dead or dying trees can often be made safe and retained, providing wildlife resources while posing no threat to the public. Doing so aims to foster a healthier environment for coexistence between humans and wildlife. Dead…