Subject: [permaculture] developers cutting down old growth trees
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:41:27 -0500
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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[permaculture] developers cutting down old growth trees,
J Kolenovsky, 06/01/2006