Earlier this month, the City of Winnipeg released its State of the Urban Forest Report, one critical step in the process of developing a 20-year Urban Forest Strategy. Read on to find out what our coalition members think about the report–what it got right and also what’s missing.
Our first-ever email newsletter has been published! Check it out for updates on the State of the Urban Forest report, inspiring local tree stories, and more. Be sure to sign up to get calls to action and updates from our coalition in your inbox!
Trees Please made a submission to and spoke at the recent public hearings on the draft OurWinnipeg 2045 and Complete Communities 2.0, two master planning documents for the City of Winnipeg. We support the urban forestry-related policies in the plans and have proposed additional policies…
Did you miss our May 7th webinar with CPAWS? You can watch it here! Our presentations start at around the 16:40 mark. We had a fantastic audience and some great questions at the end!
Our coalition is delighted to be joining CPAWS Manitoba Chapter to deliver a free lunch & learn webinar on Caring for Urban Forests. We’ll be talking about the amazing benefits and services Winnipeg’s urban forest provides, why it deserves sustainable infrastructure funding and how you…
We are thrilled to announce the official launch of our coalition website at treespleasewinnipeg.com and our accompanying Facebook and Twitter accounts. We invite you to discover all the wonderful content on the website, including: our “Trees as Infrastructure” campaign to have governments designate urban forests as natural assets…
Did you participate in the city’s Urban Forest Strategy public engagement activities last fall? A report on feedback received during Phase 1 is now available. Check it out and learn what other Winnipeggers have to say about their vision, concerns and ideas for our urban…
