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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] The 18-hole golf course in Rock Creek Park is in dire need of rehabilitation: 4 holes are completely unplayable, fairways are overgrown, and the turf has large patches of bare dirt. But a project to restore the course has some residents and environmental groups up in arms: to improve the playability of the golf course, the National Park Service wants to cut down more than 1,000 trees, clear-cutting about 8 acres.

“I always knew that there were going to have to be a couple of trees taken out here and there to reroute the golf course holes and fairways, but I really did not expect there to be 1,262 trees cut down,” says Vanessa Bertelli, a Ward 4 resident who lives near the golf course, and regularly volunteers in the park, removing invasive plants.

“If we need to remove a couple to make the golf more exciting, sure, we can talk about that. But 1,262 has to raise concerns,” Bertelli says.[/quote]
https://dcist.com/story/23/10/24/dc-golf-course-project-cuts-trees-rock-creek-park/

It’s a lot of trees to take down. Rock Creek is a mess ecologically and the golf course in its current state probably doesn’t help. Maybe they could incorporate the redesign to provide other types of habitats and improve Rock Creek’s water quality? There are naturalistic golf course designers that work to provide wildlife habitat as part of the course. [/quote]

I would be pretty comfortable with this.  It is an improvement.[/quote]

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