Registration for the “Branching Out” program on Thursday only lasted 34 minutes due to the high demand. yyc
“We’re super excited to see the level of interest and demand from Calgarians,” said Mike Mahon, City of Calgary urban forestry lead. “We hope to continue to monitor and expand , and look forward to scaling it up over the next couple of years.”The program aims to expand the city’s tree canopy by planting trees on private property. Calgary’s canopy is currently at 8.25 per cent, but the goal is to expand the coverage to 16 per cent.
“When you go to other areas and compare it to the northeast, you see it’s not enough,” said Farhana Raza, a northeast resident. “Parks for sure have way less trees than required.” “I think we should get some more trees and get some nicer trees in the area,” said Stephanie Dunham, who has lived in the northeast her whole life. “We have some dog parks here and it would be nice to see some trees, maybe along the roads here like McKnight.”Mahon said the city is aware of the issue and is working to address some of the issues that cause the difference in canopy coverage.“Equity is a key metric that we’re monitoring and looking towards achieving,” he said.
The fix for the inequity between the west and east canopy coverage isn’t as simple as planting more trees. The city’s biodiversity plays a role, with the west sitting in river valley and parkland, while the east has more grassland. “Some of the processes and priorities that we’re working on amending the soil when we’re planting trees in the northeast quadrant in particular,” said Mahon.
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