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Please Help Save Our "Champion" Tree!

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Winifred Silverson
11 years ago

How could they even think of cutting it down!!

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Susan Robinson
11 years ago

Save our neighborhood trees!

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Latanja Thomas
11 years ago

We and the Lorax, we speak for the trees.

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brett Thompson
11 years ago

we need to speak for this tree!! it deserves to live on!!

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Kathy Carrroll
11 years ago

Please! Don't do it!

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Jerry
11 years ago

Please save this tree! Large trees are an important part of Arlington's environment.

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Marilyn Greene
11 years ago

Shame on any developer -- anyone at all -- who would consider cutting down this tree. Think of your legacy, and of the history of our wonderful county. I would never work with a developer who does not honor the sanctity of trees.

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Peggy Pruszkowski
11 years ago

Arlington County is fast becoming a large grey cement block. How can the county allow such a historic tree be destroyed. Shame on the developer and the county for allowing this. This is another instance where the county sees "taxes" over the best interest of keeping the county green and its historic gems. It reminds us of the constant battle one has to fight to maintain what makes Arlington so special.

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Louise Lloyd
11 years ago

SAVE

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Gretchen Robertson
11 years ago

Lost some magnificent old trees on Lorcom Lane due to development. Damaging the roots kills the trees and redevelopment damages the roots.

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Elizabeth J. Yoder
11 years ago

This grandaddy tree deserves our respect and care.

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Jon and Frieda Kulish
11 years ago Featured

Protecting the tree during construction is vital. The tree will die if the builder covers the roots with fill dirt and especially if the dirt is packed which is common. Sadly, the tree will be endangered if the County puts in a sidewalk, too.

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Beverly Browne
11 years ago

Please save this tree. It would be a crime to cut it down.

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joan perry
11 years ago

my god, do we have to cut down everything? please save this magnificent tree!

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Ellen Moreno
11 years ago

Save that beautiful tree!

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Thierry Driscoll
11 years ago

This tree is older than everyone on the planet.

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Margaret E. Kenna
11 years ago

I t's a gorgeous tree. There is an oak at 6000 N. 27th St on the Champion's list; but the house there is red brick. Since the tree is right at the corner, I hope the developer can work around it. Bit development will disturb the root system and tree may die anyway.

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Dr. Stefan Fink
11 years ago

The tree butchering seems to go on. Recently. here at N. Vernon Street Starbuck Realty cut down more than a dozen mature oaks, etc. on a hillside and the nice house on top of the hill to build an monster of a "barn-looking" thing into the hillside. We need some stricter county regulations to protect our natural environment.

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Bernie Berne
11 years ago

This oak tree may not yet be an Arlington County designated "Specimen Tree" that has received protection under the County's Tree Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 67 (Trees and Shrubs) (see: http://environment.arlingtonva.us/trees/support-trees/specimen-trees/tree-preservation-ordinance/ ). If the Arlington County Board has not yet provided this tree with this designation and level of protection, I suggest that somebody who is interested in protecting this tree should submit a nomination form to the County that requests this designation. The nomination form is available at http://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2013/09/tree-ord-nomination-form.pdf .

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Mary Judith Longnecker
11 years ago

please save 200+ yr old Willdenow's oak!