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Tree toppling outrages residents

NV. VAN DISTRICT TO REPLACE 20 MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY LINDENS AS PART GF RESTORATION PROJECT

THE SURPRISE felling Tuesday of a stand of linden trees lining a strip along Mountain Highway in North Vancouver

District has wutraged residents ia the area.

North Vancouver District chain- saws moved in) Tuesday to topple upprosimately 200 trees near Frederick Road. Uhe move came without notification to residents living near the trees.

Said district. enginecring head John Bremner, “District policy is to notify all residents along the street fronting the area, We usually send a letter to explain the pro- gram one to fwo weeks in- ad-

vance.”

But he cdded. “it was neghccted. They did put up signs, but thes put them up at the same time they were removing them (the Uees). So that was unfortunate.”

Bremner said) the tree-cutting ts

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part of a Lirger tree restoration program: foc the Lyan Valley area.

Two year ago the district assessed the condition of street and boulevard trees growing ip Lynn Valley and the Upper Lonsdale area.

SA forestry technickin found it number oof them in rather poor condition.” he said.

Core samples determined mans to be rotten, And, aecording to Beemner. vittually every linden tree along Mountain Highway tis ron,

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“The second problem was that the wrong types of trees (for es- ample chestnut trees and linden} were planted near power dines. Pruning over the years has made them misshapen. The natural habit is for them (linden trees) fo grow 15 feet higher than the telephone lines,” Bremner said,

But over the sears the trees Have been trimmed down and hollowed GUE to accommodate wires.

“When you prune heavy bran- ches, you get long, vertical shoots and after a while vou eet trees that look like broomsticks.* he said.

The district, has proposed to remove itbout 30 trees in the Lynn Vailey area and replitce them with flowering phim and cherry trees.

ft plans to replace the linden trees with flowering phim trees,

The municipality has temporari-

ly hahed plans to cut down and replace several more linden and chestnut trees in the area.

Said Evan Valley resident Howard Rode, who has fived in the area for 37 years, *'From a forester’s point of view they were probably over-pruned. ft didn’t do them any gvood. If somebody had spent some ume and pruned the trees properly, if it wasn’t just this stash and hack business becatse of the tdlephone lines there, if would have been alright,

“OAS far as rot. thes had 20 to 30 years to live set. Pm not an expert but | Know bloods well. Eve cut at lot of trees inamy dime aad ve liv ed a@ lot Jonger than these soung guys who ace saying that the trees are rotten. Joadimit that the trees have got some rotin then), but vou show me any deciduous tree over

20 years old that doesn’t) have some rot in it somewhere along the line,’ Rode said.

A ring count by Rode of same of the trees cut down showed one linden tree was about 60 years old.

North Shore Citizens For Trees founder Lena Warrington ty calling for a firm notification policy on the part of municipalities when removing trees.

People want input.” she said. “Pim really worried if theyre vo- ing to stant using wires as an ex- cuse to cut trees down. [ft seems all hell has broken foose out there, But people always seem to call me when it's done or when the chain: sass arrive.’

Warrington wilh be presenting workshops next week on How Fo See Tree Page 3

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