Signing the petition
click the address below to go to the petition site where you can sign it
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/40848.html
Wording of our petition
"We, the undersigned, express our concern at the current phase of the “Whalley Range Tree Management Plan” which identifies a further 54 trees (19 in December 2010) for felling over the next four years. None of these trees have been classified as "diseased" or "dying" in the Council's circulated survey documentation.
We urge the Council to suspend the current felling operation, so as to allow a period of full consultation with local residents; to ensure that all options, other than felling, are exhausted in addressing the issues presented by trees classified as "over-large for situ"; to identify opportunities to phase the felling operation over a longer time scale and thus reduce the rate at which trees are removed; and to identify opportunities for advanced planting, thereby minimising the impact of tree felling on the street scape."