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Growing the Canopy, One Tree at a Time
McKinley Park Tree Planting — January 10, 2026
Please red-circle the date for the next tree care and planting of 2026:
March 28, 2026
Nearly 70 volunteers gathered near the horseshoe pits at McKinley Park for a highly successful community tree-planting event. Working together, participants planted 14 new trees, including Cedrus deodara (Deodar Cedar) and Laurus nobilis (Bay Laurel)—a meaningful step toward strengthening the park’s long-term canopy and resilience.
This event reflects a strong partnership between East Sacramento Preservation Neighborhood Association, Sacramento City Parks, Urban Forestry Arborists, Sacramento Tree Foundation, and SMUD, all working together to restore and enhance McKinley Park’s tree canopy.
The energy, teamwork, and shared commitment made for a memorable day.
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Join us as we continue to grow the canopy—one tree, and one gathering, at a time.
Posted in Clean Parks, Environment, McKinley Park, Trees, Uncategorized, Volunteer
Tagged East Sacramento, East Sacramento Preservation, sacramento tree foundation, Tree Planting
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Update: Capitol Park Historic Trees on the Chopping Block—How to Take Action
The trees impacted by the project will be cut down, or an attempt will be made to move them.
Many in the city are hearing about the State Capitol Annex Project for the first time. East Sacramento Preservation will continue to send updates. Below are links explaining the project and information about how to comment. ESP opposes two components of the project. First, the cutting and/or attempted relocation of dozens of healthy, historic trees and second, the building of an underground parking lot in Capitol Park. Both actions are environmentally unsound. If you would like to contact ESP directly, please write a comment to this post. (Comment link at the very end of the post.)
The report may be found here:
Look under Sacramento for Capitol Annex Project and the Recirculated-Draft Environmental Impact Report
Guidelines for writing responses to Draft Environmental Impact reports are here
https://www.patagoniaalliance.org/writing-comments-draft-environmental-assessments/
send all CEQA comments to:
This is an entire website on the State Capitol rebuild project but not user friendly and not advertised well to the public.
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/
Of most importance is to look at this page and click on Project Overview and Sequence Report:
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/content/hearings
and this power point, available directly here:
https://annex.assembly.ca.gov/sites/annex.assembly.ca.gov/files/POS%20powerpoint.pdf
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