permaculture

[J Kolenovsky <garden@hal-pc.org>]

What do you guys do or say in an urban situation like this? I was in 
another state nursing my wife in ICU for 2 months when this action happened.

A tear down 1 story sold behind us and the developer did the work. They 
took out an 80 foot Pecan tree that had probably been there since 
1930's. The tree was 1 of 2 planted in that area of the block. It 
provided great cooling from the west afternoon sun. A neighbors wife ran 
out there and tried to stop the men and they said the tree is within 12 
feet of the proposed new 2 story brick mansion (a 4000 sg. ft house on a 
50' X 100' lot).  They said that is city code. That's funny. The tree 
which was behind me looked like it had been on the rear easement for the 
past 45 years that I lived here and watched it grow. What a habitat 
loss. In the winter, many migratory birds would rest in it.
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