LETTER: Maple Ridge needs more, not fewer trees

LETTER: Maple Ridge needs more, not fewer trees

Dear Editor, After witnessing a stand of 39 healthy old-growth trees shamefully logged bare – despite significant opposing public feedback – to make way for an unnecessarily dense new development across from my house last summer I reviewed the updated tree bylaws and attended the information session with hopefulness. Alarmingly, the city’s new plan to “improve” Maple Ridge’s tree canopy and protect our valuable existing trees is underwhelming an…