Timber!

“Chainsaws topple park trees”

That was a headline in our local paper yesterday. More than a dozen trees were removed because they were dead, dying or in danger of contracting emerald ash borer. The editorial cartoon took exception. Tree lovers are outraged.

I googled “cutting trees” and found news articles from coast to coast with similar stories. Cities and Utility Companies cut down trees for a variety of reasons and catch hell every time for doing it. It is a no win situation. After all nobody cheers a tree coming down. But, come down they do.

Let me go out on a limb (pun intended) and give my approval to such cutting.

If trees have the potential to cut off my electricity by falling on the lines they have to go.

If dying or dead trees in public areas have the potential to fall and cause bodily harm they have to go.

Does that make me a bad person?

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