SEATTLE — The fight to save Luma the Cedar and Doug the Fir has opened up a wider conversation about how property owners/developers are able to obtain permits to cut down trees in Seattle. Activists ...

Last spring, Seattle rushed to pass a new tree ordinance that claimed to include robust tree protection. In contrast, the city’s own Urban Forestry Commission condemned the ordinance as “flawed and ...

Cutting down a tree is one of those jobs that seems simple until you’re standing at the base of a 40-foot oak with a rope, a chainsaw and no idea what to do next. Whether your tree is leaning a little ...