Arborist Dave Johnson had just one day off of work in the two months following the Oct. 4, 2013 blizzard the Thanksgiving Day holiday.

Otherwise, he and his crews at Johnson Tree Co. worked long hours seven days a week, often high up in the trees with a chainsaw doing dangerous aerial tree trimming and removal in wet, slippery conditions.

People have this idea that tree companies sit back and relish these types of natural events, said Johnson. Thats not the case.

He doesnt remember what finally allowed him to feel it was OK to take a breather, but he does remember the extreme fatigue that plagued him and his crews during those months.

He also remembers the emotional devastation that could have easily become commonplace.

I have never seen so many people with tears in their eyes as I saw last autumn. People really do develop a relationship with their trees, especially memorial trees. People who arent in the industry dont understand the attachment, he said.

Now, one year later, Johnson Tree Co. still has a list of about 100 people who need storm clean-up done.

After 35 years in the tree business, Johnson is sure that the blizzard that caused so much tree destruction and heartache was a rare event.

I dont believe for a second, in my lifetime, that I will ever see it again, said Johnson. It was the perfect tree storm.

Staff writer Ava Henrickson

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RANTOUL The village is about halfway finished on a years-long project that involves the removal of dead and dying ash trees.

The culprit: The emerald ash borer.

The solution: Remove affected trees on public rights-of-way and gradually replace them with a variety of other tree species.

Pete Passarelli, Rantoul's public works assistant director, said this year alone, the village has removed about 100 ash trees, and during the past several years "between 500 and 600 ash trees."

"We think we've probably got at least that many left," he said of the latter figure. "These are just on the right of way. Some homeowners have been removing some, too."

Native to Asia, the emerald ash borer is a beetle no bigger than a penny. Passarelli said the village has been replacing one tree for about every three that have been taken down.

"Trees are expensive," Passarelli said, noting that Rantoul has received some trees from the state and has put money in the budget every year for tree replacement.

"It's a pretty wide variety of trees. We're making sure we're not planting one single species of trees that might have some sort of future pest that might be a problem. Typically, we've been putting them in areas that don't have trees right now."

Passarelli said the village is fortunate that it has the personnel and equipment to handle most of the tree removal work "and don't have to go out and get a contract to do it."

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MAHOMET The trees in Mahomet retiree Jane McIntosh's yard shade her home from the morning sun, but they're not likely to be around much longer.

McIntosh and her neighbors, Betty and Sam Thompson, were informed by Ameren Illinois that nearly a dozen trees at both their homes on Bureau Court in Mahomet's Candlewood Estates are too close to power lines and have to go.

In previous years, Ameren has trimmed the tops off their trees, McIntosh said, but this is the first time in the 19 years she's lived in her home that the utility said the trees would have to be chopped down.

Without those trees, her yard "just wouldn't look good," she said.

When Betty Thompson heard about plans to take down the trees, she said, she cried a bit and pleaded with an Ameren Illinois representative.

"I begged her, please reconsider," Thompson said. "Then she called later and said, no, we're going to cut them down."

An Ameren representative told her the trees won't be taken down before Monday of next week, she said.

Ameren Illinois spokeswoman Marcelyn Love didn't address tree-cutting plans at the two Candlewood Estates homes, but did say there appear to be transmission lines running through that area.

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Just one day after Biloxi was designated for the 30th year as a member of Tree City USA, the Biloxi Planning Commission agreed with the developer of an East Biloxi property to take down 36 trees to make room for a Hyatt Place Hotel.

While some are worried about the loss of character with the loss of the trees, Biloxi's Director of Community Development is praising the land owners for their effort to actually save trees.

If the City of Biloxi approves the planning commission's recommendation, most of the trees will be gone.

The developer originally sought to remove 37 trees, but Gerrod Kilpatrick, the engineer in charge of the Hyatt development who was speaking for owner Sonny Bhakta, agreed at the meeting to save one of two oaks that front the entrance from the beach.

The almost three acre property involved is in East Biloxi, next to the Hampton Inn, on Beach Boulevard. Several residents, like DeAnne Nuwer, called for stronger oversight.

"We have lost so much in Katrina, and I'm asking you all to think about this, and perhaps work with this gentleman. Have him move a little bit more. Put some more pavers down. Help those trees, and keep that beach front looking like we once knew what it looked like," said Nuwer.

Jerry Creel, Biloxi's Director of Community Development, says that only four of the trees requested for removal are live oaks, and of those, many are damaged beyond repair.

He said the 13 trees that will be saved is a good thing and praised the developer for working with the city.

Creel calls it a balancing act to protect trees but not stop business development. In addition, while there is strong authority to protect trees on public property, private property is a whole different matter, even if every request to remove more than five protected trees must go through an approval process.

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