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Tag:  UNCA urban forest

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Letter: The wealth contained in UNCA’s forest

Posted on May 5, 2025May 3, 2025 by Letters

“Frankly, I find it baffling that educated humans even consider razing an intact forest when they have acres of idle land at the old Health Adventure site that could be transformed to greater value right now.”

2.4 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Listen to public feedback on UNCA’s urban forest

Posted on May 4, 2025May 3, 2025 by Letters

“I beseech elected and appointed leaders to empathetically listen to the feedback offered by all rather than using these sessions as a minimalist, performative exercise in virtue or reputational signaling and to not place short-term financial or political goals above ecological and ethical humanist considerations.”

1.7 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Speak up for urban forest and how Asheville grows

Posted on April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 by Letters

“If we don’t speak up about how we want to see Asheville grow, then others will make the decisions for us.”

2.0 K views5LettersOpinion

Letter: UNCA can help Asheville’­s housing crisis and save the woods

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Letters

“If the 19 acres more appropriate for housing development aren’t enough, then let’s have a solution-oriented discussion about what to do next. But don’t lead with bulldozing the woods.”

2.3 K views1LettersOpinion

Letter: UNCA should pivot on urban forest

Posted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 by Letters

“When you see firsthand the endless, gut-wrenching sights of downed trees at every bend in the road, you, too, will understand what is at stake by ignoring a community that cares about the elimination of additional trees.”

1.3 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Trust UNCA to make good use of urban forest

Posted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025 by Letters

“The intentions of the UNCA administration to utilize the resources of the urban forest to strengthen the university are based on both necessity and good intentions.”

2.0 K views9LettersOpinion

Letter: Protect UNCA’s urban forest

Posted on March 29, 2025March 24, 2025 by Letters

“We urge UNCA to pause all work immediately. Let’s collaborate on a plan that balances financial needs with preserving this invaluable green space for future generations.”

1.5 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Save our neighborho­od’s woods

Posted on March 24, 2025March 21, 2025 by Letters

“Please protect the woods for the animals that live there and for the humans that enjoy them.
Please preserve our ecosystem.”

1.4 K views1LettersOpinion

Letter: Save UNCA’s woods

Posted on February 23, 2025February 23, 2025 by Letters

“This spot holds the community together.”

1.7 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Ask governor to preserve woods

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by Letters

“UNCA is public and technically belongs to the people of North Carolina, not to the UNC board or senior officers.”

1.7 K views+LettersOpinion

Letter: Neighborho­od woods can’t be destroyed

Posted on February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 by Letters

“With so many of Western North Carolina’s hiking trails ruined in Asheville by Hurricane Helene, we just can’t destroy the Five Points Woods!”

2.0 K views1LettersOpinion

Letter: Keeping UNCA’s forest would benefit city

Posted on February 15, 2025February 15, 2025 by Letters

“The opportunities an urban forest affords are in fact far more than the limited scope other development opportunities may have.”

1.8 K views1LettersOpinion

Five Points residents rally to preserve wooded area owned by UNCA

Posted on February 3, 2025February 4, 2025 by Justin McGuire

Residents of Asheville’s Five Points neighborhood are rallying to preserve a nearby wooded area owned by UNC Asheville. The university says it has made no decisions about developing the area.

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