The Editor,
To all citizens of the Tri-Cities: Please water your trees and hedges during this dry weather, including the ones on the boulevard in front of your home and stratas.
Do it regularly, before the ground gets overly dry and won’t easily absorb the water when the rain does come.
Coquitlam has lost a lot of trees in riparian areas and on private property in the last two years for a lot of reasons, and this is happening worldwide.
The message of the opening ceremonies of the Rio Olympic Games was very appropriate. Playing and competing is great but humanity needs to start reversing the damage we’ve done to the planet by replanting trees one by one.
Here in the Tri-Cities we should do what we can in our corner of the planet to minimize the impact of our human activity.
Janet Klopp
Coquitlam
