City cuts down 132 trees in Lafontaine Park
The city is taking down 132 trees in Lafontaine Park, saying they’re hollowed out and pose a risk.
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Ginger Baker 14:33 on 2019-05-23 Permalink
It’ll take 2 yrs to cut down 132 trees, and 6 yrs to plant 200?
What?
How could it possibly take this long?
Mr.Chinaski 14:53 on 2019-05-23 Permalink
Because the new trees will be planted in sync with new projected works that are to be done in the Park every year.
walkerp 15:06 on 2019-05-23 Permalink
I get that it is a gradual process to minimize the visual impact, but this does bring in mind the old joke about the city crew digging a hole and then filling it in again, one by one, because the person whose job it is to plant the trees was sick that day.
CE 15:18 on 2019-05-23 Permalink
Maybe growing up in the country makes me less sentimental about trees but I find people seem to get weirdly emotional about them. I’m not sure how cutting down some old, rotting trees is “carnage.” Even the language in the story is strange. 100-year-old trees are far from “ancient” and cutting down 4.3% of a large park’s trees is definitely nowhere near “clear cutting.”
Chris 14:54 on 2019-05-25 Permalink
CE: a hundred old tree is ancient when inside a city. The average city tree dies much younger.
Kate 08:20 on 2019-05-26 Permalink
In the case of Lafontaine, it’ll change the landscape. When a single large elm was taken down in Jarry Park last year it changed a familiar landscape for hundreds of people. Neither park is very heavily wooded – unlike Angrignon or Mount Royal, neither has an area that’s thickly wooded at all. So losing more than 100 mature trees is a big thing.