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Trees vs. Student Housing at UW | Seattle News
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Trees slated for protection near the University of Washington are falling victim to new student housing projects, sparking outrage as mature specimens—like a key cottonwood at Laurel Village—are damaged or cut down despite being marked for preservation. While developers and the university claim they’re saving more trees than planned and will replant with saplings to boost canopy coverage, environmental advocates argue that replacing giants with young trees won’t restore ecological benefits—and that basic protections like root fencing and timely irrigation were ignored. As thousands of new residents move in, tensions rise over whether growth can come without sacrificing green space.
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