The City of Atlanta, at long last, has passed a new tree protection ordinance.
The document hasn’t had a major update in decades, but Atlanta’s city council voted unanimously on June 16 to spruce up the tree protection ordinance.
Atlanta’s reputation as the City in a Forest faces a major threat from development: According to a study by Georgia Tech, Atlanta’s canopy has shrunk 1.5% from 2008 to 2018. While that may sound small, it’s about half an acre of canopy per day during that decade.
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