Trees Please Winnipeg Coalition, in partnership with OURS-Winnipeg; Manitoba Eco-Network; CPAWS MB; Climate Reality Project Canada; and Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition; has sent a letter to mayor Scott Gillingham and his colleagues, urging the City of Winnipeg not to leave federal climate action dollars on…
Last year OURS, Trees Please Winnipeg, our amazing member groups as well as other environmental and climate organizations lobbied Winnipeg City Council to sign the Montreal Biodiversity Pledge. And Winnipeg is now formally listed as a signatory! https://montreal.ca/en/articles/montreal-pledge-call-cop15-launched-to-worlds-cities-39529 This pledge commits to the city to…
Great news! On April 27, Winnipeg City Council voted to have staff prepare a report on signing the Montreal Pledge: Cities United in Action for Biodiversity. If Winnipeg signs the Montreal Pledge it will Toronto, Vancouver and dozens of other cities around the world in committing to…
Find out which mayoral & council candidates have taken the Trees Please Pledge! Over the past several months, volunteers have been meeting with dozens of candidates in the upcoming election to ask them to sign our Trees Please Pledge – a commitment to care for Winnipeg’s urban canopy…
We’ve added a temperature map to our Interactive Tree Loss Map. It’s a great way to visualize that impact of the heat island effect due to tree and green space loss. Just click on the interactive map then click on Winnipeg temperatures and the data…
On May 24, 2022, the city released a draft of the forthcoming 20-year Urban Forest Strategy. While our coalition members are heartened to find that it contains some promising recommendations, it does not paint a clear picture of what’s at stake and fails to motivate…
Despite current moisture levels our trees are drought stressed and if we get another dry summer, it will be tough for some to survive. Water is essential for trees to take up the nutrients they need to grow and thrive. Without those nutrients, a tree’s…
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…
We reacted to the news that the trees illegally cut down during a house move on Roblin Blvd in August will be replanted, in the October 23, 2021 edition of the Free Press. We’re relieved to hear they will be replaced–but what is the maintenance…
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.
