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https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/08/cooling-dallass-concrete-jungle-plant-1000-trees/566450/?utm_source=Dallas+Magazine&utm_campaign=81cff73fce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_August_18_2018_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d83922037a-81cff73fce-106709947&goal=0_d83922037a-81cff73fce-106709947&mc_cid=81cff73fce&mc_eid=1b141850cb

The Dallas City Council will be voting on amendments to Article X (the Dallas tree ordinance) on Wed. June 27th sometime after 1 p.m.    All tree supporters are encouraged to sign up to speak in support of this amendment on … Continue reading →

The link below is to proposed amendments to Article X that was approved by CPC on 12/21/17.   There have been revisions since then but this is the base document.    There will be a City Council briefing sometime on May 16th. … Continue reading →

http://dallascityhall.com/government/Council%20Meeting%20Documents/qolac_3_amendments-to-article-x-landscape-and-tree-preservation-regulation_combined_022618.pdf  

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2017/12/29/dallas-phoenix-shade-trees-relief-dangerous-urban-heat-islands/957247001/

This proposal has been under discussion for a number of years.  It has just passed the City Planning Commission on Thursday Dec. 18th.   It will go before the Dallas City Council in January or February.   Please read thru the proposed … Continue reading →

The meeting date for the Urban Forest Advisory Committee has been changed from Tuesday Nov. 21st at 6 p.m. to Tuesday Nov. 14th at 6 p.m.    

If you have linked your Kroger Care Card to Friends of the Dallas Urban Forest, it is time to renew your link.   The link must be renewed once a year and takes effect on September 1st.