The Henrico Citizen

Bills to preserve trees during home building awaiting action from governor

Environmental groups back proposals to give localities across the state the option to require tree preservation; developers wants more flexibility with them.


When Dr. Seuss wrote his book The Lorax, a story about a creature who works to save trees from the destruction of a businessman known as the Once-ler, he probably didn’t think it would come up during the Virginia General Assembly. But it did, with Sen. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, moving to pass a bill dealing with tree conservation and replacement […]

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