Nature - SquareOffs

Should Bend have tougher regulations to protect urban trees?

Asked by KTVZ

715 Votes

Should Bend have tougher regulations to protect urban trees?

62%

Yes Yes

38%

No No

62%

Yes

6 Comments

Kat Applegate

We are losing too many large trees in Bend. Among other things, they are a carbon sink. We can't afford to lose them.

Latterdaysaint

Climate change is nothing to worry about

Duane Wyman

Just look at the RV park clear cut along Murphy Road and the Parkway overpass! Massive, stripping the land of mature Ponderosa Pines - totally not good! Wasn't Bend once proclaimed a "Tree City USA" resource? NOT.

Paul Bianchina

The "New Bend" is in the pocket of the big developers, which includes allowing them to clear-cut huge areas of land while Bend pretends to be a "tree city". Look at the older developments, and you'll see how trees used to be saved. Builders need to work around the trees instead of destroying them.

Wendy Olstad

For starters I like trees more than houses. And developers have gotten away with murder just clearing whole lots of every little bit of vegetation. Bend is losing a lot of charm and it gets worse every day.

Mary Kay Boldajipour

Bend let the car wash on Reed Lane remove a beautiful tree! For a car wash! With no need! That area is empty and has little landscaping.

Latterdaysaint

The government shouldn't control us

Yet you constantly say how the government should control women, LGBTQ+ communities, anyone that isn't a cis white male. You are a Nazi, Gabe. Just calling a spade a spade. And climate change is real, boo-boo. Your bishop must be mortified at your constant ignorance.

38%

No

1 Comment

Phil Spreier

Bend is a densely forested area. You can’t build much larger than a shed without clearing tree. Why should the City be able to tell me what I can do with the trees on my property? Welcome to the Peoples Republic of Bend.

You should definitely move to an area where there's more simple-minded folks like yourself to hang with.

Latterdaysaint

I agree

Does your house or apartment have a view?

Asked by Dear Abby

1/4/2025

Does your house or apartment have a view?

47%

Yes

53%

No WINNER

47%

Yes

9 Comments

Bonnie Batten

Every home has a view, just look out the window 😉

Leslie

We live in rural Oklahoma. Our view is always of our Angus/Angus crossbred cattle in our pasture (or of hay being cut and baked in the Summer cuttings)! I love where we live on 40 acres!!

Jane

Yes thankfully. Some trees. Birds. Squirrels. Sometimes people. You want us for neighbors because we notice everything! And you can trust us.

Jo Locke

A golf course and beautiful night sky.

Thomas Hunt, Jr.

To the east yes. Can see across a large valley. Lots of farmland, open fields, patches of trees....every other direction and it's all woods. Absolutely love living at a place that can't be found.

Tina Bouthillier

My home has a view of other's homes and yards and thankfully they ALL take pride in them!

Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

We live in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, a beautiful part of NJ. We are 15 miles from some of the nicest beaches on the East coast. A view is how you look at it!