On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Patrick Hudak <patrickhudak@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I'm writing on behalf of several of my neighbors and myself to express our outrage over what the city is doing to our tree canopy. We are very upset with how the city has butchered the trees, including on V and Flagler. If you haven't seen them, please take a look. By chopping away 70% of the branches, they've destroyed the canopy and left what amounts to mainly trunk. What's the point of having a tree? Why is this city spending money to put in trees, which they encourage us to water, so they can destroy them?
These trees are not growing near power lines, and they show no signs of rot. We don't believe for a second that the city is doing this for either of those reasons. Also, we would like to see examples of where the city has butchered this many trees in Georgetown, Dupont and other parts of NW. There are trees growing in Foggy Bottom that hang at a severe angle over 21st street, and the city hasn't touched them. Do they have a different policy for our area? Are they sending us the less skilled workers who don't care? Tod and I are fearful that we're going to return home one day and find the lovely tree in front of our house butchered.
As you can understand, we are extremely upset and concerned that the city is going to continue to destroy what little canopy our neighborhood has left. It will take many decades to repair the damage the city has already done. How can we stop this?
Patrick
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