Disappearing Trees

Mayor Wheeler’s leadership has overseen the alarming destruction of Bremerton’s vital urban tree canopy, with no clear plans for replanting.

Disappearing Trees: A Green Space Crisis

Mayor Wheeler’s leadership has overseen the alarming destruction of Bremerton’s vital urban tree canopy, with no clear plans for replanting.

Trees Down, Temperatures Up: Recent projects in Manette and downtown's 4th Street have resulted in dozens of trees being cut down, with no plans to replace them. This directly contributes to higher summer temperatures and a less green city.
Widespread Destruction: From Manette and Q Square to Naval Avenue and even a "tree harvest" in our watershed – our natural heritage is being sacrificed.

Our trees are essential for our environment and quality of life. We need a mayor who will protect and expand our green spaces, not diminish them.

Evidence of clear cutting the forest inside the Union River watershed

Why does Mayor Wheeler want to expand clear cutting in the Union River Basin, where we get our drinking water?

Commercial logging can be ecologically sustainable and provides great jobs. But it should not be done in critical habitats, especially from the very watershed where our drinking water originates.

The Mayor began commercial logging inside the watershed in 2021 and wants to expand the program in the next 4 years. That’s a bad idea.

Plans for future clear cutting in the drinking water reservoir

Tree Destruction in Manette

The Mayors street redesign on Manette’s 11th St has some nice features. But unfortunately, the Mayor decided to kill over a dozen mature, shade bearing trees, with no plan to replant.