After a 30-day moratorium, the Arcadia area oak woodlands are on the chopping block once again. The County Department of Public Works and the county Flood Control District are reviving plans to destroy hundreds
of California live oaks and sycamore trees (also native) to make room for a sediment dump.
of California live oaks and sycamore trees (also native) to make room for a sediment dump. As the Pasadena Star-News originally reported, the residents as well as local forest watchers did not know of the plan until early December. When they found out, they organized tours and began placing petitions on line to save the trees.
You can see more articles at www.pasadenastarnews.com on this topic.
In my column for the newspaper group, I wrote about how sometimes engineers see things one way, but don't see the whole picture. Sort of like not seeing the forest for the trees. In other words, there are other solutions if one were to look at this in totality.
Let's hope a sane solution is arrived at -- and quickly.
And there's no way to create a dump around the trees? That would never fly in SRQ...both the proposal and the lack of public notice.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post, Steve, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI linked to you from my post. Also notified Jessica Hall of LA Creek Freak, who's engineering this blogging do, of your participation.
ReplyDeleteThanks Petrea and Pasadena Adjacent. I hope the outcome is a good one.
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