Jon Crow can be a pain-in-the butt, but he's dead on honest. I'd tend to believe this report. Adam Honigman -----Original Message----- From: jon crow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:19:04 -0500 (EST) Subject: [tb-cybergardens]: Re: Brooklyn Trees
News from the tb-cybergardens mailing list ------------------------------------------------- Requiring an arborist and getting an arborist that will do their job well can be a big difference here. When a water tunnel project barreled up Union Street in Brooklyn, there was an arborist on site throughout the project. Fellow treehuggers and I were constantly tracking her down to report arbor-abuses on branches, trunks and roots we witnessed almost daily that somehow she wasn't around to supervise. Once, while she stood by watching, I caught one of the workers ripping a branch off a tree after his plow had broken it. Novice pruners know better than that. p.s. She went on to work for Brooklyn Forestry. Guess I'm just saying that the best protection for our trees is us. I wonder what kind of legislation is going to bring the care that we know is necessary. crow -----Original Message----- >From: Barbara Brookhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >There really needs to be legislation that requires building and scaffolding contractors to have someone certified by the Parks department on site when they deal with trees. Have you ever looked at a tree after being covered by scaffolding for several years. The shape never comes back. The building owner should be required to replace each tree damaged by scaffolding with the same caliber of street tree that was destroyed. Someone should bring these issue to the Council's parks committee. >Barbara Brookhart > ------------------------------------------------- To add or remove yourself from this list, please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the BODY of the message. To receive a reference guide to this mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word HELP in the BODY of the message. ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
