Blog Archives

Save The Sheffield Elm Petition

A new petition has been started against the felling of the Chelsea Elm. “In the midst of its ill‐informed and deeply unpopular campaign of felling trees across the city, the council, in its wisdom, has decided to remove a much

Posted in News

Another healthy tree felled – Whirlowdale Crescent S7

Destruction, not obstruction. Changing street scene, another healthy beauty axed now, needlessly, respected anywhere else. #saveshefftrees  https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887640980601671680

Posted in News

Another healthy tree felled – Crawford Road

Crawford Rd, today. See the chipped wood in the background, that’s ££ of env benefits flushed away, recycled as shareholder profit, happy? https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887682909993390081

Posted in News

Great Yorkshire Post Article – Read!

Welcome to Sheffield, where you’ll be ruled with iron fists. One clutching YOUR money the other wielding a huge axe! More here

Posted in News

How has the tree battle come to this?

The Sheffield City Council has been, by any measure, behaving appallingly toward its citizens in its eagerness to see that healthy trees are felled. Just within the last year, they’ve carried out a dawn raid, rousing pensioners from their beds at

Posted in News

Another healthy tree felled – Mona road

Mona rd, another healthy asset felled, with it all those ££ environmental benefits, what did I say about those speedy orange obliteraters More here

Posted in News

Another healthy tree felled – Norfolk Park

Now you see it… 🙂 Norfolk Park. Healthy, beneficial, felled for minor damage, fixed as standard elsewhere, but Sheffield, profiteering https://twitter.com/SheffTreeSteel/status/887320630588305408

Posted in News

“Leave The Trees Alone” in Country Living UK – Out Now.

Posted in News

1000s perfectly healthy trees needlessly felled

= private shareholder profit – benefit loss to city = £m’s. Sadder & poorer #saveshefftrees

Posted in Uncategorized

Support from Richard Hawley!

  “Good luck to the campaigners in court today. Please read and support the campaign”

Posted in News

Great Private Eye Article – On Sale Now

Posted in News

It’s the Daily Mail, but this is such a well written article – Please Read!

The chainsaw massacre: It’s survived two World Wars and Dutch Elm disease but now council jobsworths want to fell Britain’s second favourite tree Through two World Wars and a plague which all but wiped its species off the face of

Posted in News

Another healthy tree felled – Warminster Crescent

Warminster Cres this AM, at same time SCC is tweeting about air pollution, you couldn’t make it up folks #saveshefftrees #sheffieldissuper More here

Posted in News

Pizza Party at the Chelsea Elm this Sunday

Campaigners have organised a summer gathering under the Chelsea Elm to celebrate our wonderful trees and show support for the campaign. Sheffield Council recently announced that they would be felling the extremely rare Huntingdon Elm, ignoring the advice of their

Posted in News

Protest Rally At The Town Hall – 5th July

Sheffield Tree Action Groups (STAG) are holding a “Rally of Protest” at Sheffield Town Hall next Wednesday (5th July) at 12:30 pm. “Come and register your opposition to current council policy on Highway Trees and the attack on your basic RIGHT

Posted in News

Poignant reflection by STAG Member on senseless nature of felling programme

I should be feeling elated that these beautiful healthy trees are still standing on Whirlowdale Crescent after the attempted felling today. But I just feel really sad. Sad that SCC s long promised tree strategy is still in draft form.

Posted in News

Sheffield City Council, UK: Save the Sheffield Elm

Why this is important In the midst of its ill‐informed and deeply unpopular campaign of felling trees across the city, the council, in its wisdom, has decided to remove a much loved and very rare elm tree. Quite apart from

Posted in News

Sheffield Council decides to fell iconic elm tree

Today Sheffield Council have finally released the Independent Tree Panel advice and their final decision on the Chelsea Road elm tree. Despite three meetings I had with them, which were headed in the right direction, they’ve still made the decision

Posted in News

Council Request Injunctions Against Campaigners

A number of campaigners, including Councillor Alison Teal, have received alarming letters from Sheffield Council today. The letter details the council’s intent to seek an injunction from the High Court preventing them, the campaigner, from taking part in any future action

Posted in News

Sheffield Street Trees Legal Fund

Legal letters have been given or sent to several of our supporters today. This could be expensive because they intend to take people to the High Court on 12 July to request an injunction that will prevent them from taking

Posted in News
The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power

Innocent protest to save Sheffield’s healthy street trees turns into a nightmare, as a small group of brave suburbanites take on their Council, the police and a multinational corporation.

Crowdfunder: street trees legal fund

We are currently collecting to support the small number of campaigners who are facing court costs after cases brought by Sheffield City Council.

Heartwood TiCL trail

Walk the Heartwood Trail and find Robert Macfarlane’s beautiful charms against harm hung from some of Sheffield’s threatened Street Trees. Designed by Jackie Morris.