There is rampant destruction taking place along the medians in Kingwood. 

Trees for Kingwood, in collaboration with the offices of Fred Flickinger and Twila Carter at the City of Houston, are responsible for the destruction and removal of the trees in the median shown in the video in the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Pf2HeOHB2zOGpc8p2c906rPdaIzQ45IH/view?usp=drive_link

This median was home to various hawthorns, fringe trees, red bay trees, yaupon, elm, cherry laurel, and other trees that had not yet matured. They provide ecosystem services like food for wildlife, reduction of the heat island effect, host sites for caterpillars, and flood mitigation. 
Spot clearing a few vines is reasonable, but the wholesale removal of hundreds of native trees and understory shrubs in unacceptable. 

Our densely forested medians are iconic and a welcome sign to those entering the community. Many residents are very upset, and we demand that these kinds of projects stop immediately before any more of our landscape is destroyed.

The removal of established native trees to make room for new trees to be planted which then require care and watering to get established is absurd.

Trees for Kingwood is currently planning on replacing the native plants that they are removing with invasive exotic nandina plants which are harmful to the local bird population.

None of the plans for the medians have been shared with the wider public. We demand accountability and transparency.

There are so many medians that are currently bare that can use trees, we don’t need to waste resources destroying trees to make room for more, just because some residents want our neighborhood to look like one manicured lawn. 

Please stop the devastation now.

Please sign this petition to demonstrate your support for saving our forests and preserving the natural environment that makes Kingwood unique. By signing, you help us send a strong message to those in power that the people of Kingwood care deeply about their landscape and wish to see it protected.