Lebanon A proposal to remove more than 30 acres of trees from airport property along Poverty Lane is set to receive another look by the City Council tonight.

Residents submitted letters to councilors in November and December, urging them to revisit the pending tree-clearing project. Among the objections raised are concerns about the effect on property values, impacts on wildlife habitat , and potential increases in noise and light from the airport and nearby Interstate 89. They have also questioned the need for the tree clearing.

After initially rejecting the project which in addition to denuding 33 acres of trees will include removing 38 obstruction lights, replacing them with two 110-foot slow flashing beacons, and moving a fence the council approved the $1.2 million project in phases in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Ninety percent of the work is set to be paid for through federal funds, with the state and city each contributing 5 percent.

Though councilors set tonights meeting to discuss the issue, there is no indication they intend to change course. They have said the project is necessary to improve visibility for pilots along the southern side of the east-west runway, northwest of Poverty Lane and south of Interstate 89, and to comply with federal regulations and requirements by the citys insurer.

People who do this for a living at the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) say this is a risk, Mayor Georgia Tuttle said of the trees in a phone interview Tuesday. When a pilot flies into an airport with fog, storm or rain, they have to have more than a narrow landing zone.

In a memo included in the councils packet for tonights meeting, Airport Manager Rick Dyment said that the city committed to comply with FAA safety guidelines when it entered into an agreement with the federal government to operate and maintain the airport in 1941. Subsequently, the city has agreed to 39 FAA grant assurances tied to federal funds.

Dyment particularly pointed to FAA grant assurance No. 20, which requires that the airport take appropriate action to assure that such terminal airspace as is required to protect instrument and visual operations to the airport ... will be adequately cleared and protected by removing, lowering, relocating, marking, or lighting or otherwise mitigating existing airport hazards and by preventing the establishment or creation of future airport hazards.

FAA spokesman Jim Peters said in an email that the tree removal project is in accordance with federal regulations and will help to ensure the safety of the airport.

Federal air safety regulations require airports to identify and mitigate obstructions that may impact airport operations, Peters wrote. The obstruction removal project will enhance the safety of Lebanon Municipal Airport by removing obstructions.

With the support of federal funds, the city completed an obstruction study in 2009, which identified some of the hills and trees surrounding the airport as interfering with safe landings and takeoffs. It would be totally unrealistic to remove all obstructions, Dyment said in an interview on Tuesday.

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ST. HELENA Beringer Vineyards and the St. Helena Tree Committee are asking for the publics input on possibly removing two trees from the Highway 29 elm tunnel for safety reasons.

The two trees closest to the Beringer driveway make it hard for drivers leaving the property to see traffic, whether theyre turning right or left, said Debra Dommen, vice president of government and community relations for Treasury Wine Estates, which owns Beringer.

When you exit Beringer, youre practically halfway in the street before you can see traffic coming southbound, Dommen told the Tree Committee last Thursday. There have been numerous accidents.

Beringer is committed to the elm tunnel, which is part of our story, Dommen said. We love the trees, but this is about safety, she said.

Members of the Tree Committee stressed that no decisions have been made. They urged the public to provide feedback about the idea at the committees March 12 meeting, scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Committee chairwoman Susann Ortega said the State Historic Preservation Office and Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, should be consulted. Thompson has previously helped the city, Beringer, Caltrans and other state officials broker deals involving maintenance of the tunnel.

Ortega said the speed of traffic contributes to the problem. The speed limit changes from 45 mph north of the tunnel to 35 mph, which is still way too fast, she said.

Committee members Edie Kausch and Kacey Stotesbery said its too early to make any decisions, but the issue is worth exploring.

City arborist Jim Haller said the two trees nearest the Beringer driveway are in good health, but he agreed they pose a safety hazard.

When Im trying to pull out of there, the front of my truck is sticking out in traffic and Im leaning out the window trying to see, Haller said. It is a hazard.

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WHITEHALL A campaign to spare a century-old Norway spruce that has served as the Whitehall Christmas Tree since 1928 likely wont do much good.

Lights were still on the impressive tree Monday, and Christmas and holiday decorations still adorned the gazebo at the Main Street park adjacent to the Canadian National Railway tracks.

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Tree limbs felled in the ice storm mounted at the City of Odessas five removal areas through the weekend, as city employees scrambled to dispose of tons of branches that would become free mulch.

The volume of work storm cleanup presented forced multiple city departments to focus on tree limb disposal the Parks, Streets, Public Works, Solid Waste and Code Enforcement. Other employees who volunteer with Keep Odessa Beautiful also helped.

Meanwhile, Odessans like Shane Gonzales took out their trailers to help neighbors, make a little extra money or both. Gonzales said he started removing tree limbs for neighbors around his home near Bernise Avenue and Seventh Street. He said he helped some elderly neighbors for free but others paid up to a few hundred dollars.

I didnt want them to be out in the cold, Gonzales said, hauling to a disposal site at Floyd Gwin Park. But it wasnt all free. So I cant take all of the credit.

That load was his fifth. Another included a 20-plus foot tree in his neighborhood split down the middle.

This was nice that the city did this, Gonzales said. It made it a little easier.

Ector County officials on Monday announced they would open five locations to be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays through Jan. 26. They also threatened prosecution to anyone who dumps illegally at the sites.

City officials did not have a tonnage estimate of the disposed tree fragments. All would wind up at the Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 814 West 42nd St., where workers would grind them into mulch. (Incidentally, Odessans can go there to pick up free mulch).

Some private business took advantage of the ice-storm cleanup such as Hill County Landscape and Lawn, based in Austin but staffed by former Odessans.

My sister called and said Get down here, said one of the workers, Aaron Ashton. Theres too much work.

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A Colorado interagency team is working this winter to detect and manage the emerald ash borer, a tree-killing pest.

Currently, Boulder County is the only area in the state that has been quarantined because of infestation.

"The pest is under federal and state quarantine," said Laura Pottorff, Colorado Department of Agriculture's quarantine program manager. "So basically what this means is that we do not want any material that could harbor the pest, in this case it's ash wood, to leave the Boulder County boundary."

The county boundary, she said, is the smallest area that the interagency can quarantine to follow federal regulations; landfills in Erie and Jefferson County have been included in this quarantine, as they are the only landfills in that area.

The pest tunnels into the tree's conductive tissue as larva, then creates distinctive one-eighth-inch D-shaped holes in the ash tree's bark once they emerge as adults.

While there are treatment options for an infested tree, the interagency gropu emphasizes that each treatment option is totally up to the tree owner, but none will ever permanently rid the tree of the pest.

"What we are emphasizing to the public is weighing options is it worth saving?" said Ryan Lockwood, public and media relations coordinator for Colorado State Forest Service. "You can choose tree removal, planting new trees or chemically treating the tree."

Pottorff says that it is totally fine to do nothing to the tree and let it die on its own, the removal process simply needs to ensure the pest will not spread to other wood.

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