Toothed Blades and Forked Tongues

I was more than particularly fond of this latest victim of SRWT's crazed anti-tree agenda. A young oak, no more than thirty years old is the second to have been brutally cut down before reaching its prime. Another not far away had been felled a year ago. Week by week I watched the progress of this tree across the seasons as it came into leaf in spring as its leaves bronzed in autumn and the frost, rime and snow hung on it in harsh winter spells.

                                Still standing, so far, a smaller oak.

I know I'm not the only one who frequently wondered about the spectacle that it would present to future generations on reaching its prime. Its position was ideal to enable it to develop into a magnificent feature tree.

I would like to meet this young woman from SRWT who is trying to portray herself and her employer as a responsible voice in the Sheffield Trees controversy, defending both the trees and the community's  involvement in decision making, a travesty of community engagement. Perhaps she could come up here and explain and defend this desecration? She is Nicky Rivers, mentioned in SRWT's tweet about the felling of  trees in Sheffield streets.

Not only is she speaking at the demonstration against the council's tree felling approach but she is actually talking in the clip from ITV News about the need for the council to work with the community........ Heaven help us, this is Sheffield Wildlife Trust! Working with the community?

This tree now joins many others including mature oaks, pine, holly, birch and hawthorn vandalised over recent times.

Incidentally, the 'tweet' above says 'speech'. It's just a brief clip from an interview.They so want to inflate everything to reflect well on themselves. I've said it before and I repeat it: they are self-serving and it's a tragedy for the conservation movement playing into the hands of those who are anti-conservation.