Sign the Petition

A petition has now been set up -

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/40848.html

Please add your name (email address must be supplied).

The petition wording is:

"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."