Issue No. 2 focuses on Pittsburgh’s South Side Park, once the site of a coal mine, coke ovens, a freight and residential incline, brick yards, slaughterhouses, and a bronze foundry. Tree News tracks the site’s history and community efforts to tend the scraggly hillside, colloquially called “Jurassic Valley” toward a more biodiverse, edible, and resilient future.

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Contents

Essay
“A little-known city park offers a parable on exploitation, climate change, and ecological transformation” by Paper Buck and Erin Mallea

Special thanks to Kitty and Jeff of Friends of South Side Park and Allegheny GoatScape

Issue Produced by: Paper Buck & Erin Mallea
Designer: Erin Mallea