Further on the theme that no trees are safe on Blacka, SWT has informed me that they intend to reduce the number of trees on what they call the heathland component to less than 25% of what it is now. This along with a myriad of other interventions was specified in their management plan. I had tried to read and comment on all of this in January but there's a limit to what can be done, knowing they will go ahead anyway. Only mass protests could save many trees and they of course will interpret their words in the way that they like. Which trees they choose to destroy, old or young, mature of saplings will be their decision and probably taken as a whim of the moment. Those within a minute or two's walk of the car park may be most at risk. That's been the story so far.
Chainsaw-man rules.
If anyone chooses to come up onto Blacka and tie
yellow ribbons round trees they had better start now. That, I'm told, is what has been happening in Dore where the Streets Ahead programme of tree removal associated with road improvements has been causing controversy. I'm also told one of the organisers of that is a trustee of SWT.
Some of those that could fail to live much longer are these two mature trees.
The advantage of felling large trees to SWT appears to be that it gives a certain extra satisfaction to the wielders of chainsaws who like a job they can get their teeth into. Some more threatened trees:
Too late to save the one above. It was destroyed last weekend.
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