Just over 6,000 majestic trees remain in Seattle.
Will you help us find them?
In 2015, the city hired the University of Vermont to use aerial technology to measure tree canopy. It used a technology called light detection and ranging, or LIDAR, in which a sensor-equipped plane collects data to create a three-dimensional model of the Earth’s surface and surface characteristics, such as trees. One result of that study was the discovery that there were only 6,338 trees with a trunk diameter of 30 inches or greater left in the city. In this campaign, we refer to these trees as "majestic."
There is no street-level data from that study, and no satellite images have been assessed since then. Therefore, we don't have a good picture or current data of how many, what species, the state of health and where these majestic trees currently live in our city.
Through this campaign, we aim to invite our citizens and communities to locate and map majestic trees in our city in order to capture a current count, a census so to speak.
There is no street-level data from that study, and no satellite images have been assessed since then. Therefore, we don't have a good picture or current data of how many, what species, the state of health and where these majestic trees currently live in our city.
Through this campaign, we aim to invite our citizens and communities to locate and map majestic trees in our city in order to capture a current count, a census so to speak.
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Have you located a majestic tree, or a few, in your neighborhood or around the city?
Share them with us. We'll count and map them!
Share them with us. We'll count and map them!
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The simplest way to send us your tree information is to enter it directly via our Google Form:
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If you would prefer to send your data to The Last 6,000 via email instead, download and complete the Input Form via button below. Then send it to us here.
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The Last 6,000
Established in 1987, PlantAmnesty is a 1,000-member nonprofit organization whose mission is to
end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning.
end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning.
