Rad Sallee has an informative Q & A with a TxDOT official, discussing all the tree planting (reforestation) TxDOT has been doing along our freeways:
Q: So basically you’re planting something like a real forest, not a landscaped garden.
A: It’s a reforestation-type planting. The concept was developed in cooperation with the Forest Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, the Quality of Life Coalition, Trees For Houston, community groups and organizations and the general public.
By contrast, in far north Harris County, a strip of heavily forested land along FM 2920 just east of Falvel Road was bulldozed last winter. When that was done, Wulfe & Co. signs went up, advertising the available land. WulfeCo. couldn’t even leave a fringe of trees along the perimeter. Nope, had to strip it bare. All those big, beautiful pine trees gone, just like that. And that’s just one example.
Whatever happened to Harris County’s tree preservation regulations? Land is being clear cut up here at a rapid pace. Another example: the forested area north of the green arrow in this link is in the process of being bulldozed right now, and the forested area to the right of the arrow is already gone. Sigh.
