Between 2001 and 2022, St. Johns County lost 40 percent of its tree canopy, according to the Global Forest Watch.
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla — Deforestation.But some say it's happening here on the First Coast.St. Johns County is considering changes to its tree ordinance.
"I hear it everywhere I go: we’re tired of seeing clear cutting," St. Johns County Commissioner Krista Keating Joseph said She campaigned on an anti-development platform, and she presented the changes to the commission and to the county staff. Smith said,"One of the problems with the current land development code is that it is not acting as a deterrent to developers, and large developers who are operating very lucratively in this county are not deterred at all by any fines they might incur for removing specimen trees."For example, Keating-Joseph said, Gate Petroleum did not have to leave a buffer when it clearcut land by its Ponte Vedra gas station and car wash. Homes on the boundary line were left with no tree buffer.
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