TreeCleveland

Cleveland residents advocating for a healthy, equitable and sustainable urban tree canopy in the Forest City and its surrounding neighborhoods.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

Cutting down more healthy, mature, street #trees is not the way to conserve, restore and grow our city's #UrbanForest or reverse the #canopy loss trend in #Cleveland
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[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

We want authenticity not greenwashing.

We want local tree advocacy led by Clevelanders, not by suburban led organizations such as the Cleveland Tree Coalition, CTC

We want a city owned urban forestry plan, not the CTC’s coalition plan.

We want a soccer team that walks the talk and has actual trees in its stadium plan, unlike their current site renderings that do not have any trees on them

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@Ideastream Not one tree in their rendering. A fine example of greenwashing by their marketing department.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@camijustice @joecimperman Greenwashing at its finest.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@CityofCleveland Please include more trees.

Less than one week notice for the
community you serve to attend this open house is unnaceptable.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

Protecting Cleveland’s remaining mature trees in our neighborhoods and parks is our priority and should be city council’s as well. Let’s also be honest and truthful and “disclose” the projects council approves that further diminish our tree canopy. For example, several acres of urban forest on the west side were cut down for a paved path was also funded by Cleveland City Council. With more to come too! The careless approval of projects like this that destroy 100s of trees must stop.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

Reality? We cut down our #UrbanForests in #Cleveland to enhance the #HeatIslandEffect, increase #airpollution, and reduce #CarbonCapture. Like this one in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood, several acres of urban forest cut down for a paved trail funded by @CityofCleveland. Want to make a real #ClimateImpact @Climate_AF ? Seek candidates that protect our existing #TreeCanopy too.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

We have a long ways to go. @CityofCleveland 's Old Lorain Connector (paved) trail project clear cut hundreds of mature trees in #Cleveland's Kamms Corner neighborhood. This should help enhance the city's #HeatIsland effect , add #AirPollution and further reduce the local #TreeCanopy rate.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

Plus, people do not thrive when we clear cut our publicly owned urban forests for development. For example, hundreds of healthy, mature trees were recently cut down to make way for the Old Lorain Connector Trail for development. @CityofCleveland is a partner along with others. We are not against the benefits paved trails for connectivity may provide .
See photos.

However, what is the cost of projects like this on our tree canopy? 1200 tree plantings citywide only slows the decline in Cleveland’s tree canopy rate when our own government deforests its parklands.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

CTC is run by suburbanites. 11/12 of CTC’s board members reside outside our city along with their executive director. Most partners are large institutions and national organizations. It’s time for
for Cleveland’s tree coalition to be inclusive, make neighborhood tree groups partners and be led by Cleveland residents.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@arborday In @CityofCleveland change is the sound of saws. Recently, hundreds of mature trees were clear cut in an urban forest to make way for @clevemetroparks paved Old Lorain Connector Trail. We can plant trees but lets value our existing mature trees too.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@clevemetroparks And hundreds of mature trees cut down, some over 125 years old, to make way for MetroParks paved Old Lorain Connector Trail. How many "saplings" are you replanting in this part of Cleveland to make up for clear cutting a forest of mature trees?

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@ClimateMayors @CLEMayorsOffice $0 for tree planting in his city budget proposal.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

We documented 94 #trees cut down per project removal list for new cycle track on #Cleveland's N Marginal Rd. 30 more removed not on list. Plus 32 trees butchered but left standing. See below. This is not how you protect your #TreeCanopy or reduce #CarbonEmissions. @CLEMayorsOffice @chrisronayne @CuyahogaCounty @clevemetroparks @NOACA_MPO @USDOTFHWA

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

We are at the Partners in Community Forestry 2024 Conference in #Chicago. A city that planted 50,000 trees just this year.

#Cleveland is not even close to Chicago’s planting efforts. It can and must do better. It’s time to fund, grow and protect our city’s #TreeCanopy too. #PCF2024 @arborday @CLEMayorsOffice @Griff4CLE6

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@clevemetroparks Start by not cutting down 100 trees for your bike path project. Like these trees Metro Parks and their friends want to mow down next week.

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

Thank you @clevemetroparks @chrisronayne and especially @NOACA_MPO for providing public funds to kill over 100 mature street trees along #Cleveland's North Marginal Rd to build a bike path. And $ZERO public dollars to plant new trees. #Greenwashing #ClimateInjustice #DeforestCity @Bike_CLE @arborday @WEWS @fox8news

[TreeCleveland @TreeClevelandOH]

@chrisronayne Over 1000 trees cut down two years ago with no funds, for new trees.