Ottawa residents are speaking out against plans to cut down a large swath of trees in the rural southeast end of the city near the Tewin lands.
"All the trees have been cut in many, many of these areas. You can see it in aerial photos," Carlsbad Springs resident Monica Brewer said on Sunday.
On Sunday, a rally was held to call for a stop to the clear-cutting around the Tewin development and demand the city strengthen its tree protection bylaw. It was hosted by Ecology Ottawa, Greenspace Alliance, Community Associations for Environmental Sustainability, Horizon Ottawa and residents living in Carlsbad Springs.
“We lost so many trees, maybe 30 per cent of our trees last year in the big storm in May," Ottawa resident Mike Vorobej said. "We were told this development would be environmentally sensitive but all of a sudden trees are disappearing from the woods in the middle of the night."
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