Please join us in celebrating the birthday for the Green Lake Sequoia! This sequoia is slated to be removed, even though it provides huge climate, nature, and human health benefits to neighbors and our city. Volunteers are hosting a party in front of the tree to celebrate this 100-foot tall towering giant over the Green Lake Neighborhood. Featuring live music!

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About The Tree

This Giant Sequoia is destined for destruction soon due to a new driveway and home being built on the lot — for which building plans are poised to be approved by SDCI. This tree is unfortunately in the middle of the driveway, but small design changes to the building plans could save it and build the same new house. The Green Lake Giant Sequoia tree was likely planted as houses were built around 100 years ago. Redwoods like this one are well suited to our environment and sequester more carbon than any other species. Even more, there are fewer than 200 sequoias on private property in Seattle. Arborists reports show this tree is healthy and has a trunk of 64 inches. Learn more in the campaign (linked above).

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Volunteers Needed

Can you help out with this event? Reach out to the Green Lake Giant Sequoia volunteers at trees4greenlake@gmail.com.

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Prewritten Email

Send the prewritten email using the link here, or copy and paste the text below.

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To: bruce.harrell@seattle.gov, Council@seattle.gov, Dan.strauss@seattle.gov, Sara.nelson@seattle.gov, Alexismercedes.rinck@seattle.gov

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Subject: Save the Green Lake Sequoia

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Dear Mayor Harrell and City Council:

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Seattle should be a city that keeps its promises.

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When the City defended its new tree ordinance to the Growth Management Board, the City Attorney stated "Tree removal...will not be authorized if there are viable alternatives to proposed development that would allow retention of the tree including adequate protection of the tree during construction according to SMC 25.11.060."

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Yet it now appears that one of the largest Giant Sequoias in the city will be removed for a driveway. It will be "replaced" by two shore pines, a petite species which has a much shorter lifespan than a sequoia. An architect has shown that the same large home with the same amount of parking could be built while saving this tree.

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Please uphold the promise made in your name by the City Attorney, and request small design changes in this project to save this amazing tree.