Tree Canopy NOLA

Advocating for the tree canopy of New Orleans since 2023.

[Richard Campanella @nolacampanella]

All the crepe myrtles have been cut down behind the Old U.S. Mint....

[ABC News @ABC]

Satellite images show President Trump's project to build a grand ballroom has appeared to take down at least six trees on the White House grounds — including two historic magnolia trees commemorating Presidents Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt. https://t.co/E9Epovw4wI

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

September 29, 2025. "Wake Up NOLA: The fight to save New Orleans' tree canopy"
https://t.co/H6zJPKBjju
@skooks
@dadioonthepatio

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

September 28, 2025. “Candidates for mayor and New Orleans City Council mostly agree on this one issue“
https://t.co/t52COnGJ6o

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

"Hurricane-prone New Orleans is lacking trees. They could help stave off rising, deadly heat," in today's print edition of the Sunday Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate, Sept. 28, 2025; posted on https://t.co/spq37sVFoY on Sept. 25, 2025: https://t.co/qM97iHMlt6
@lesliharris

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

See the results of a questionnaire—"Where Do Mayor and Council Candidates Stand on Protecting Trees and Parks?"—sent to Mayor and Council candidates by TC NOLA, the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization, and Parks for All, in August 2025.
https://t.co/Llr6Gbt8Nm
@NOLACityCouncil

[Sam Karlin @samkarlin]

My deep dive on how trees, a panacea for worsening heat risks, are lacking in New Orleans, a city desperate for ways to beat back the risks of climate change. https://t.co/yrzdU3hiWZ

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

WWL Radio with Tree Canopy NOLA/Parks for All—aired 9/23/25
https://t.co/7BgrhAED6G
Hit blue button: "Listen."
On pop-up, slide the white dot along timeline to timestamp.
00:26:00—segment starts.
00:31:12—David Marcello (Tree Canopy NOLA); and then Scott Howard (Parks for All).

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

David Marcello (Tree Canopy NOLA) and Scott Howard (Parks for All) talk trees to Newell Normand—Sept. 23, 2025, at noon.
WWL Radio—AM870/FM105.3
Online:
https://t.co/gpQFRVq1K5
On FB:
https://t.co/lz7Izu4UJF

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

@NOLAnews "Woodfork"

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

April 24, 2025, 6 p.m.—Webinar: “Green Infrastructure: Sustainable Living in Carrollton”
All are invited; no registration is required. 
More information, including Zoom link, here:
https://t.co/JlkZYYjyLx

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

Ron Faucheux asks candidates: "How would you protect the city’s tree canopy?"
@HelenaMorenoLA
@otforus
@BMarshallEnviro
@MSchleifstein

[NOLA.com @NOLAnews]

Ron Faucheux: A few questions for the people who would be New Orleans' next mayor https://t.co/WO2Y7o3UQM

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

Video of the hearing of Cal. No. 34.989, the draft tree protection ordinance—somehow presented at the very end of the City Council meeting on 3/27/25:
https://t.co/uigSKbQrym
@lesliharris
@CityOfNOLA
@NOLAnews

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

The Parks & Parkways version of the draft tree protection ordinance—considered woefully deficient by tree advocates—unanimously passed the City Council today. CM Lesli Harris (Dist. B) quoted Voltaire in support. Account by David Marcello:
https://t.co/1MOJxmBTb2
@NOLAnews

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

It's showtime.
https://t.co/mA8BBBGJTo

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

Today's hearing on the draft tree protection ordinance has yet to take place. (1:33 PM Central Time.) Live stream is here:
https://t.co/mA8BBBGJTo

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

By 8 a.m. on 3/27/25, please send a public comment to oppose P&PW's INADEQUATE draft tree protection ordinance (Regular Agenda #18, CAL. NO. 34,989)
https://t.co/6T0LQU5o9w
See:
https://t.co/Ks6un0soLU
The docket is before the City Council tomorrow (3/27/25) at around 1PM.

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

QoL Comm.—2/24/25—TODAY—1PM—Council Chambers
Discussion: Ord. Cal. 34,989—An ordinance to amend and reordain Sections 106-211–229 of the Code of CNO, relative to the protection of trees and other vegetation under the purview of P&PW.
Live feed:
https://t.co/mA8BBBGJTo
@NOLAnews

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

Sun., 2/16/25, at 7 p.m.
David Marcello of Tree Canopy NOLA discusses the draft tree ordinance pending before the City Council.
Sierra Club, Unitarian Church, 6690 Fleur de Lis Dr.
Register here:
https://t.co/qGu6Y5wmFH
Or register to attend on Zoom: https://t.co/8TjGNgX4JZ

[Tree Canopy NOLA @TreeCanopyNOLA]

Another casualty of Trump's funding freeze: New Orleans’ tree canopy https://t.co/NvUllTBvkw