Clackamas County's commissioners approved an ordinance Thursday limiting clear-cutting of trees in urban, unincorporated areas of the county.
The decision comes two full years after the board appointed a 12-member task force, made up of conservationists, real estate agents, watershed specialists and developers, and asked its members to address both single-incident problems of clearcutting and the larger, longer-term issue of preserving the county's "urban tree forest."
The decision comes two full years after the board appointed a 12-member task force, made up of conservationists, real estate agents, watershed specialists and developers, and asked its members to address both single-incident problems of clearcutting and the larger, longer-term issue of preserving the county's "urban tree forest."
The commissioners, in approving the new ordinance, directed county staff to expand efforts to maintain and enhance the county's tree canopy.
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