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Recommendations on Reed Park

At last report US EPA plans to cap Reed Park and remove most of the trees.  Reasons given at the public meeting on August 26, 2013 and subsequent conversations included:

  • It would cost money to save them.
  • If a tree blows down, exposing the roots, subsurface contamination would also be exposed
  • The roots of trees only extend 8” below the surface, and putting two feet of fill above the roots of the trees to cap the soil would deprive them of oxygen and eventually…
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Posted on September 27, 2013 at 3:32pm

Tree Removal and Hazardous Conditions

US EPA currently plans to cap Reed Park and remove most of the trees.  Reasons given for removing the trees include:

  • It would cost money to save them
  • Only a few people at public meetings focused on saving the trees.
  • The roots of trees only extend 8” below the surface and putting two feet of fill above the roots of the trees to cap the soil would deprive them of oxygen and eventually kill them
  • Many of the trees are old
  • Some trees are sick or…
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Posted on September 25, 2013 at 2:53am — 1 Comment

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