Posted on July 18, 2024 by SF Forest Alliance
A group called Greenheart is trying to save the McLaren Park trees that SF Recreation and Parks Department is trying to fell. They recently rallied some people to join them and hold up posters in the park.
We are disappointed that SFRPD continues to cut down hundreds of trees across a city which already has an inadequate tree canopy.
INADEQUATE TREE CANOPY
The last time anyone looked at San Francisco’s tree canopy (that we could find) was in 2013, now 11 years ago. In that time, hundreds – maybe thousands – of trees have been cut down. We would expect the numbers are worse now than they were then – 13.7%>
Worse than Chicago. Worse than Los Angeles. Worse than New York City!
San Francisco Has the Least Canopy Cover of any Major US City as of 2013
This should be a call to action, to preserve existing trees and plant more. Instead, all projects seem to be aimed at cutting down tree fr any or no reason.
