Winnipeg’s urban forestry department has begun its annual Dutch Elm Disease assessment. The “orange dots of death” are cropping up on American elms across the city. This is always such a sad time. Did you know that there are things YOU can do to prevent…
Let’s thank Mayor Gillingham and City Council for honouring the commitments they made in the Trees Please Pledge by providing significantly more financial resources in the 2024-2027 budget. Find out how!
Happy new year…. we have GREAT NEWS to share! On December 14th City Council passed the 20-Year Winnipeg Urban Forest Strategy. Now, the city’s Budget Committee MUST fund that strategy IN FULL! A vote on the budget will take place in March, but budget talks are now in…
The following is a letter sent by Trees Please Winnipeg on October 31, 2023 in support of the Coalition to Save the Lemay Forest. PDF version here. To: His Honour the Mayor, Scott Gillingham; City Councillors Markus Chambers, Brian Mayes, Janice Lukes, Sherri Rollins, John…
Next Tuesday, city council’s Executive Policy Committee will discuss and vote on the Strategic Priorities Action Plan (SPAP). Simply put, the SPAP sets out a roadmap of spending priorities for the 4-year council term. On page 16, you’ll find two HUGE wins for the urban forest. Priority Action…
A note from our friends at Sustainable Building MB: Tell Winnipeg city council to make its Community Energy Investment Roadmap a budget priority by including it in the SPAP. Learn more: https://www.sustainablebuildingmanitoba.ca/make-ceir-a-budget-priority/
We have some GREAT NEWS to share with you and we’re looking for your support! A city council motion — supported by OURS-Winnipeg and the Trees Please Winnipeg Coalition — asking that Winnipeg become the 12th Canadian city to sign the Montreal Pledge for Cities United in…
This fantastic article by Colleen Zacharias was first published in the November edition of the Manitoba Master Gardeners Newsletter and is re-published here with permission. Colleen is the gardening columnist for the Free Press and you can find her writing in the Homes section of…
Trees Please Winnipeg is looking for volunteers from across the city to talk to candidates in their wards about the Trees Please Pledge. We’ll be holding a Zoom meeting to discuss strategy on Wednesday May 25th and hope that all of you can come. Our aim…
Calling all urban forest supporters! We invite you to be a part of Trees Please Winnipeg’s #SaveOurCanopy campaign, a lobbying effort we’re launching as part of the run-up to the 2022 civic election. Our urban forest is in crisis due to neglect, invasive pests and…
