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Cowan Lake Campground Tree Removal January 2014
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A north Nashville home sustained minor damage after a tree-removal project didnt go as planned.

News 2 captured video around 1 p.m. of tree cutters with three vehicles and ropes tied to a tree on the corner of Knowles and Dr. D.B. Todd Boulevard.

The idea was, presumably, to have the tree land in the front yard. However, the plan backfired as the tree struck a shed and a portion of the home.

It looks like they cut it wrong. The weight ratio probably had a lot to do with it, tree cutter Danny Thornton said.

Thornton was not on this particular job, but told News 2 some of his workers were working for someone else Wednesday.

It wasnt my job, he said. If it was my job, it wouldnt have gotten done like that. We would have pieced everything out.

No injuries were reported.

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The giant paradox walnut tree in Mt. Tabor that 22 arborists climbed into on Earth Day has been officially nominated to Portland's Heritage Tree program.

The Urban Forestry division of the parks department usually takes about a year to decide whether to designate a nominated tree as a Heritage Tree, said parks spokesperson Mark Ross.

Designation would give the tree protection from removal, even if the property is sold in the future.

Neighbors rallied in early April to save the tree, located at 5024 S.E. Mill St., from removal for infill development. They pushed back against the city's approval of the tree's removal, reached out to media and even created a Twitter account for the tree. They had heated conversations with the builder.

The paradox walnut is the bulkiest deciduous tree in Portland, said arborist Kevin Hillery. Ross said the tree is 74 feet tall, 120 feet wide, 15 and a half feet in circumference and spans about six neighboring properties.

The builder who owns the property, Steve Melkerson of Caliber Homes, responded to the neighbors outcry with a commitment to preserve the tree. He showed neighbors plans to build 12 multi-family units, down from the original 14, at a meeting April 23.

He also signed an application to nominate the tree to the Heritage Tree program in front of the 100-plus attendees, said neighbor Brian Mitchell. The designation protects large, old trees with horticultural significant from removal.

It really did show that he was genuinely interested in saving the tree, Mitchell said. It's exciting to see success from this, to see a developer that's willing to work with neighbors.

There are more than 300 Heritage Trees in Portland, according to the program's website, and more are added each year.

-- Melissa Binder

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Tree SE neighbors rallied to save, arborists climbed, nominated to Heritage Tree program

Its ironic that on Arbor Day, April 25, 12 maple and 10 alder, some of them very large, were cut down in the Talus urban village.

Northwest Landscape Services, working for the Talus Homeowners Association removed 22 trees on the Shangri-La trail in north Talus, before being ordered to stop by the City of Issaquah. The trail was there long before the urban development.

In a memo released Monday, April 28, the city said two types of tree removal were occurring in Talus trees being removed for view preservation and trees being removed for maintenance. When the Homeowners Association proposes tree removal per its rules, the city is not involved. Councilmember Tola Marts said the city has limited jurisdiction in this case, yet the city responded quickly as it was flooded with emails and phone calls over the weekend from concerned Talus homeowners.

Lucy Sloman, land development manager for the city, said she was contacted at home Sunday, April 27.

Were trying to confirm how many trees were being cut, but some are multi-trunked, she said.

Sloman said since it was the weekend she couldnt confirm how many trees were removed, but the city approved 18 or 19.

The tree removal was allowed because the trees were located in unprotected open space on the HOAs property; the citys tree protection rules dont apply in urban villages that are still under construction (Talus will continue with construction until at least 2017); and the HOA consulted with the city before starting the work.

After several revisions and meetings with residents, the HOA recently approved view-protection revisions to their local rules. Based on those rules, the HOA then proceeded to remove the trees, said Dave Kappler, president of the Issaquah Alps Trail Club.

However, Kappler said closer to 50 trees are marked for removal. He said the plan is to plant new, shorter trees, but the classic problem with Talus, he said, is improper irrigation, which doesnt give the new trees a chance. He said the open space the trees are on is not unprotected; the landscaping permit requires a plan to insure survival of new plantings and reassurance that invasive species dont take over, including proof of water supply for irrigation.

Talus Homeowners Association president Barb Leland has served as president since September 2013. She said the HOA does plan to irrigate new plantings by having the landscapers come through and water. Leland said the project was pre-permitted. She said they will replant with 63 trees, including vine maple, cherry trees and flowering dogwood.

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan regulators on Friday demanded that one of the state's biggest utilities, Consumers Energy, make tree trimming a bigger priority to prevent the sort of widespread and lengthy power outages caused by last winter's ice storm.

The state Public Service Commission, in concluding an investigation into the December outages, said it was "unacceptable" for the Jackson-based utility to spend $16 million less trimming trees in 2013 than had been approved by regulators, the lowest amount since 2008. It said Michigan's other major utility, DTE Electric, had shown a "strong commitment" to keeping up with tree trimming.

The panel said it will work with Consumers Energy, Detroit-based DTE Electric and local governments to expand successful pilot programs and to pass ordinances addressing hazardous trees located outside the utilities' rights of way. It also encouraged the adoption of special fees so towns can move some lines underground or trim trees outside utilities' planned maintenance schedules.

MSPC Chairman John Quackenbush said the large utilities responded appropriately in many ways, but "there are opportunities for improvement." The commission's staff said tree maintenance is the most effective way to avoid outages and to limit their duration.

The pre-Christmas ice storm knocked out or disrupted service to roughly 650,000 Consumers Energy and DTE customers statewide. Scores of tree branches broke and fell from the weight of ice during the storm.

Among regulators' findings:

Consumers Energy should have called for more help from in-state and out-of-state crews before the storm arrived and earlier in the process of restoring electricity.

Both utilities must communicate more with customers about the importance of tree removal.

Customers trying to reach their utility encountered too many blocked calls or had to wait too long. Consumers Energy specifically was ordered to report by Aug. 15 on improvements to handle increased call volumes.

The utilities and the AFL-CIO should meet to consider the union's recommendation for an audit on the adequacy of staffing levels.

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