Why is Seattle losing trees?
Seattle has lost 255 acres of trees since 2016 according to a newly released canopy cover assessment by the city.
Trees provide social, environmental, and health benefits. Today we talk about why tree cover is important for our city and who pays the price when we lose that shade.
Conservation ecologist and environmental consultant Sean Watts also tells us about who is most affected by losing tree cover and the kinds of solutions we can think about.
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Paige Browning
Newscaster
Paige hosts midday newscasts and monitors news of significance to the Puget Sound region. She hopped over Washington’s mountains to join KUOW, after hosting news and reporting at Spokane Public Radio since 2011. She began her start in radio while a journalism student at University of Montana, by sharing stories with KUFM. Paige was raised in the mountains and rivers around Spokane. In her spare time she cheers on the Mariners in the summer, and hopes for snow in the winter.
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Kamna Shastri
Community Outreach Producer
Kamna is a community outreach coordinator. She connects with organizations and individuals with the goal of building relationships and deepening trust between KUOW and all the communities who share space in our region.
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Clare McGrane
Podcast Producer
Clare produces KUOW’s news podcast, Seattle Now. She specializes in episodes on health, especially the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine, and occasionally produces the show’s Casual Friday episodes.
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