Don't tell me -- the chainsaws run on bio-diesel
Portlanders claim to love the trees, but when the chips are down, they often don't walk the talk. Having recently watched as Tri-Met mercilessly clearcut a section of the southwest Portland "urban forest" for train tracks to enrich the condo pushers, now we see that the transit agency is whacking Mother Nature pretty badly down in Milwaukie as well. At least some neighbors that way are standing up for what's right. Good on them.
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Certified arborist Stephen Peacock said that the tree was in generally good condition and any defect could be remedied by normal arboricultural practices.
“This tree should be held in the highest regard and preserved at any cost,” Peacock wrote.
Glad the people and the arborist care about that 60-foot-tall Oregon White Oak.
I don't think the "smart growth" promoters care.
They are on an agenda and it seems the only trees they are jazzed about are the ubiquitous urban street trees.
Posted by clinamen | December 7, 2011 12:08 PM
As sure as the Sellwood Fee being defeated by 63%, the UR measure passing by 70% and the Sheriff Levy passing by 76% (with more Ds voting than Rs) there is going to be a measure on the May ballot that will pass by a huge margin prohibiting PMLR from ever entering Clackamas County. A companion measure in Milwaukie will make it iron clad.
The push by various officials to spend wildly and scar the land ahead of a voter termination is a despicable act that will only infuriate the public.
Posted by INFO | December 7, 2011 12:23 PM
One despicable act after another, how much more can people take? Not only has the land been scarred but the very soul and essence of the city and the people who live here.
Posted by clinamen | December 7, 2011 8:35 PM
The Water Bureau recently cut down 300 trees in the Bull Run watershed related to their overly costly effort to return 100-year absent fish to the watershed. Community stakeholders (as opposed to the many PWB paid "partners" associated with this project) supported a Habitat Conservation Program infinitely less expensive on all fronts than the HCP put together by the Bureau and their paid "partners".
No public process in advance of this tree-cutting travesty either.
Posted by f.jones | December 11, 2011 1:19 PM