Giving a Voice to Trees

Dominion continues ‘degrading’ W&OD.

A coalition of local groups including the Sierra Club Great Falls Group, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association, and the Fairfax Alliance for Better Bicycling (FABB) organized a rally to protest Dominion Energy's aggressive tree cutting along the W&OD Trail. Held on Saturday, Sept. 6 on the Vienna Town Green, the event noted  Dominion recently walked away from a 20-year agreement with NOVA Parks and has since cleared at least four miles of trees and vegetation between Vienna and Dunn Loring. The electric utility has announced plans for more cutting along 33 miles of power lines.

According to a recent FABB blog post, trees are still being "unnecessarily" damaged and felled, and Dominion "has yet to commit to a new agreement that would balance utility needs with environmental stewardship." 

The Sierra Club is advocating for a return to selective pruning and for the "restoration of native habitat on the areas that have been clear-cut," the organization said online in “Stand Up for the W&OD Trail.” Sign a petition to tell Dominion Energy to halt its clear-cutting plans at https://waba.org/action-page/stop-dominions-degrading-the-wod/?utm_source=chatgpt.com