The Lorax taught us to speak for the trees. But what if we also learned to listen to them? Rev. Billy Talen When trees are cut, they send out the same electronic patterns as a wound of human flesh. And when some are injured by insects, they tell the others: […]
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EXCLUSIVE: State Regulator’s Emails Contradict City Staff Claims Over Brackenridge River Wall
Statements of Texas Historical Commission staff don’t jibe with City claims that towering trees must be removed to fix the river wall.
Poetry Echoes ‘Tree Chop’ Resistance, Epithet after HDRC Pushes Back Vote
Award-winning San Antonio poet Kamala Platt reflects on efforts to clear away elder trees at Backenridge Park.
VIDEO: Full Brackenridge Park Tree Tour Preceding Critical HDRC Vote
San Antonio’s Parks & Recreation Department got an earful from dozens of residents joining a weekend site tour of proposed bond project construction at Brackenridge Park. They have one last shot at stalling the project.
TAKE ACTION: Attend Brackenridge Tree ‘Chop’ Hearing and Walking Tour
The project holds a snarl of interests, some reasonable (a collapsing wall), others repugnant (killing elder trees to evict migratory birds).
Plans to Fell Brackenridge Trees Rooted in City’s War on Birds
Plans to take down more than 100 trees at Brackenridge Park have been cast as being about historic structures. For Parks, it’s about something higher.