Kingwood Drive medians are being cleared

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12.7 yrs
~ 2 days, 8 hrs ago

anonymous : We are strongly opposed to this initiative. The Kingwood medians are not "neglected and overgrown." They were left deliberately in a natural state to give the feeling of a forest community. This is (or used to be) "The Livable Forest", not the livable park or golf course. Leave the medians alone!

PlaneCrazy and CaffeineFree reacted

New Member
~ 2 days, 4 hrs ago

I have to laugh at all the misinformation in this thread. Pines live HUNDREDS of years. I helped a buddy cut one down a few years ago that was 96 years old when it got hit by lightning.

Plus, the vines, if they are so bad for the trees then why aren't they dead already? I have lived in KW since 1977 and the vines have been here longer than me!! Has anyone ever driven through southern Mississippi? Those vines are everywhere and have been as far as I can remember.

No proof, but I heard they started clearing them because they found a homeless encampment in carved out in the vines. And like anything the government does they spend too much and do a crappy job. Now its a mess and the vines are starting to grow back because the roots were not pulled.

FriggandFreya and PlaneCrazy reacted

13.1 yrs
~ 2 days, 3 hrs ago

#msg6024315anonymous : We are strongly opposed to this initiative. The Kingwood medians are not "neglected and overgrown." They were left deliberately in a natural state to give the feeling of a forest community. This is (or used to be) "The Livable Forest", not the livable park or golf course. Leave the medians alone!

psteup : I have been here for 29 years. When I moved here the medians had no vines growing up into the trees. The COH had not taken KW over at that point. I believe it was KSA that made sure the trees were maintained. Since the COH took over they have not maintained the trees at all. It is about time they start maintaining our trees. They are truly a hazard if they are not maintained.

Theoldman and buffaloglenn reacted

2.6 yrs
~ 1 day, 12 hrs ago

psteup

anonymous : Have you been to forests in Europe? They do not allow undergrowth and vines. Even in our own country, since the fires in California, Colorado and NM, the US Forestry Service has said invasive species add no value and during drought, present a fire hazard. No human plants those....they come from bird droppings. There is no reason to leave them there.

Theoldman and ExCTGuyInTX reacted

5.5 yrs App
~ 1 day, 8 hrs ago

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Clearing out the vines and underbrush from the medians does not make Kingwood The Unlivable Forest. In my opinion it only enhances the beauty of the area. Keep doing it Fred…

KrogerMom reacted

New Member
~ 1 day, 8 hrs ago

#msg6020852Kingwood Drive medians are being cleared What do you think about the clearing of the forest in the median of Kingwood Drive ....as well as Northpark, Woodland Hills and Lk Hou Pkwy? There's an ongoing effort by the City of Houston and others to do much more of this. If you are opposed to it, you can go to Change.org and sign a petition called "Stop the deforestation of Kingwood's forests". You can also write an email to Frederick.Flickinger and Twila.Carter ( houstontx.gov) in opposition of this. They need to hear your voices!

anonymous :

I wont sign any petition from someone that signs on as annonymous

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