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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] OMG!   What has happened to Hearst park??   I was by there today, and it seems like 75 to 80% of the trees have been removed. Is this for the swimming pool? I liked the idea of a pool — but definitely not if it meant removing so many trees.   The DC government certainly was not upfront and transparent with the public about how many trees they planned to cut down    Isn’t a major purpose of a park to conserve trees rather than remove them? I’m heartsick.   The character of the park has been totally changed [/quote]

The "trees" that were removed were mostly 60+ years of weedy overgrowth. The city is implementing stormwater management at all corners of the park to mitigate the run off down Springland lane. None of that growth removal is associated with the pool. The city's promise was that none of the healthy statley trees at the park would be taken down. They have heeded that promise. Why are you so enamored with weedy overgrowth?[/quote]

That’s illogical - forested slopes help with storm water management and deforestation makes storm run off worse.  Most of the trees removed were quite large.  The look of the park has changed overnight from a green oasis to clear cutting.  Does DPL have a plan to restore the tree cover or was the plan all along to remove the tree cover on the south and west sides of the park so that the pool is not in shade?  I do feel sorry for the adjacent neighbors because there will be no tree screening from the pool complex.  [/quote]

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