TREE SUPPORTERS! Please please send your valuable and 'substantive' comments to the BLM directly to: [email protected] or mailed to: Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office, 3201 East Universal Way, Tucson AZ 85756 by the JULY 29TH DEADLINE. Those are the ones that could really make a difference. Thanks!
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Sarah Willow
10 years ago
Please do not allow these trees to be cut down. The San Pedro cottonwoods provide immeasurable and very measurable benefits to the local environment, community and broader region, even globally. Partially via the attention this area acquires from orthinologists, other naturalists, and tens of thousands of visitors annually. Studies and research show, provided even from the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior, that each of these trees gives off over one hundred gallons of water to the surrounding air a day, supporting the local flora and fauna and decreasing daytime temperatures up to 6 degrees in the surrounding area, 10-15 degrees in the shade. Providing crucial humidifcation in the desert. Their aesthetic value is well known, as far as, appeal to the area, and research shows trees provide comfort and renewal and even speedy healing time to those who are recovering from injury and or illness. Providing a very real attraction to this National, and historic, Conservation Area. The trees effect on reducing greenhouse emissions is real and potent. Large trees consume enough carbon dioxide a year to mitigate and purify 26,000 miles of output from the cars and trucks zooming by on Highway 90. They are life providing to not only humans but all living breathing flora and fauna and species, some I understand are endangered or on protection lists in the area. I ask that you accept the local communities and the Friends of the San Pedro's generous offer to provide fencing to the area and further educational opportunities about these trees to all who get the opportunity to visit them. These older trees are a great gift to us all that take decades to replace. I recommend the implementation of a long term plan for planting younger trees to inevitable replace these in the decades and generations to come. As we enact such far reaching programs for our children and children's children we will all reap the benefits of a better, cleaner, healthier, and more e
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Regina Rutledge
10 years ago
Visitors to the San Pedro House love the old trees.
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Martha Hoodak
10 years ago
This is a magnificent tree. A fence to protect visitors and the tree and its many avian residents should be tried before removal.
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DARRELL THOMPSON
10 years ago
Do NOT cut down the magnificent Cottonwood tree that is the centerpiece of the San Pedro House Site in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The current temporary fence protects visitors and the tree and should be made permanent. Protection of resources, antiquities, habitat and character should not be ignored for convenience by the BLM.
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M L Petroski
10 years ago
Save this unbelievable work of nature
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DeForest Lewis
10 years ago
Let this tree continue to live!
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Mary Lou Cole
10 years ago
Please leave them alone!
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Stephanie Thigpin
10 years ago
This tree is 500 yrs old, how dare you think you can cut it down without consequences!
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Bernard M Klimek
10 years ago
Another example of bureaucratic over reach.
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Marcie Stickle and George French
10 years ago
Cherish and nurture these 2 magnificent Cottonwood trees! Where there's a will, there's a way! The Wye Oak on Md's Eastern Shore lived to almost 500 years through human stewardship and intervention! "Over the years, the tree was well tended. Fencing was installed to keep the many visitors from walking on the fine roots near the soil surface. Yards and yards of cabling were installed to support the massive crown. The tree crown was thinned and the dead wood removed periodically. Its massive hollow bole was sealed to protect against vandalism and further deterioration. The tree stood to represent time passed and time to come, the generations of people it witnessed in life, and the perseverance of man and nature. As it was a gift of nature, nature determined the big tree’s course. On June 6, 2002, the mighty Wye Oak succumbed to time and the elements as its massive trunk collapsed during a severe thunderstorm, ending the life of Md’s oldest citizen. (At its end, tree measured 31 feet 8 inches in circumference, was 96 feet tall and had an average crown spread of 119 feet. Main bole of the tree weighed over 61,000 lbs.)" Greenbelt, Md., also nurtures and protects its older trees to the joy of all who visit its lake and Park! Signs simply say, "Protected Tree Area, Do Not Enter." Celebrate and nurture these 2 magnificent San Pedro House Cottonwoods!
http://dnr2.maryland.gov/forests/Pages/trees/giant.aspx
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DeForest Lewis
10 years ago
Please allow this tree called Plaza to live out it's life with dignity.
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Ruby Odell
10 years ago
Don't destroy Beauty in our world!!!
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Anonymous
10 years ago
The tree is beautiful and very old. It would be a crime to cut it down. It is a major attraction and habitat for bird and other critters.
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Melody Hamilton
10 years ago
They simply need a fence to protect the grand old tree from Humans...This magnificent tree is still alive its plain to see...The foliage is Lush and green. This tree has given more in its long life than any of us ever will. A home to enumerable living creatures. shade and a restaurant for others from crawling to 2 legged upright humans. Please do not disrespect this living beings life of service by taking it.
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rosalie bennett
10 years ago
Please save this magnificent tree. I'm always amazed by it when I go to the San Pedro House. Being fenced off, there shouldn't be safety issue.
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Janet Witzeman
10 years ago
This beautiful tree is part of the wonderful experience of going to the San Pedro Riparian Area. Please do not destroy it!
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deborah fabry
10 years ago
do not cut the cottonwood tree @ san pedreo house site. safeguard resources, antiquities, hanitats as property & treasures of the american people. It is your duty & your job.
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Judy Lutgring
10 years ago
People LOVE that tree. Cutting it down is UNNECESSARY. There is abundant space around it. If some insurance company says it is risky to let people walk under it, put a fence around it. You don't destroy, or keep people from looking at, the Grand Canyon, or boiling springs in Yellowstone: you put fences and warnings up, make money from tourism, and stir curiousity and appreciation for the natural world. People are increasingly distrustful of government and will suspect that someone is getting a kickback and that this is a short-sighted decision motivated by immediate profit somewhere.
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Annette Weems
10 years ago
Save the beautiful cottonwood tree at the San Pedro house.
TREE SUPPORTERS! Please please send your valuable and 'substantive' comments to the BLM directly to: [email protected] or mailed to: Bureau of Land Management Tucson Field Office, 3201 East Universal Way, Tucson AZ 85756 by the JULY 29TH DEADLINE. Those are the ones that could really make a difference. Thanks!
Please do not allow these trees to be cut down. The San Pedro cottonwoods provide immeasurable and very measurable benefits to the local environment, community and broader region, even globally. Partially via the attention this area acquires from orthinologists, other naturalists, and tens of thousands of visitors annually. Studies and research show, provided even from the U.S. Forest Service and Department of the Interior, that each of these trees gives off over one hundred gallons of water to the surrounding air a day, supporting the local flora and fauna and decreasing daytime temperatures up to 6 degrees in the surrounding area, 10-15 degrees in the shade. Providing crucial humidifcation in the desert. Their aesthetic value is well known, as far as, appeal to the area, and research shows trees provide comfort and renewal and even speedy healing time to those who are recovering from injury and or illness. Providing a very real attraction to this National, and historic, Conservation Area. The trees effect on reducing greenhouse emissions is real and potent. Large trees consume enough carbon dioxide a year to mitigate and purify 26,000 miles of output from the cars and trucks zooming by on Highway 90. They are life providing to not only humans but all living breathing flora and fauna and species, some I understand are endangered or on protection lists in the area. I ask that you accept the local communities and the Friends of the San Pedro's generous offer to provide fencing to the area and further educational opportunities about these trees to all who get the opportunity to visit them. These older trees are a great gift to us all that take decades to replace. I recommend the implementation of a long term plan for planting younger trees to inevitable replace these in the decades and generations to come. As we enact such far reaching programs for our children and children's children we will all reap the benefits of a better, cleaner, healthier, and more e
Visitors to the San Pedro House love the old trees.
This is a magnificent tree. A fence to protect visitors and the tree and its many avian residents should be tried before removal.
Do NOT cut down the magnificent Cottonwood tree that is the centerpiece of the San Pedro House Site in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The current temporary fence protects visitors and the tree and should be made permanent. Protection of resources, antiquities, habitat and character should not be ignored for convenience by the BLM.
Save this unbelievable work of nature
Let this tree continue to live!
Please leave them alone!
This tree is 500 yrs old, how dare you think you can cut it down without consequences!
Another example of bureaucratic over reach.
Cherish and nurture these 2 magnificent Cottonwood trees! Where there's a will, there's a way! The Wye Oak on Md's Eastern Shore lived to almost 500 years through human stewardship and intervention! "Over the years, the tree was well tended. Fencing was installed to keep the many visitors from walking on the fine roots near the soil surface. Yards and yards of cabling were installed to support the massive crown. The tree crown was thinned and the dead wood removed periodically. Its massive hollow bole was sealed to protect against vandalism and further deterioration. The tree stood to represent time passed and time to come, the generations of people it witnessed in life, and the perseverance of man and nature. As it was a gift of nature, nature determined the big tree’s course. On June 6, 2002, the mighty Wye Oak succumbed to time and the elements as its massive trunk collapsed during a severe thunderstorm, ending the life of Md’s oldest citizen. (At its end, tree measured 31 feet 8 inches in circumference, was 96 feet tall and had an average crown spread of 119 feet. Main bole of the tree weighed over 61,000 lbs.)" Greenbelt, Md., also nurtures and protects its older trees to the joy of all who visit its lake and Park! Signs simply say, "Protected Tree Area, Do Not Enter." Celebrate and nurture these 2 magnificent San Pedro House Cottonwoods! http://dnr2.maryland.gov/forests/Pages/trees/giant.aspx
Please allow this tree called Plaza to live out it's life with dignity.
Don't destroy Beauty in our world!!!
The tree is beautiful and very old. It would be a crime to cut it down. It is a major attraction and habitat for bird and other critters.
They simply need a fence to protect the grand old tree from Humans...This magnificent tree is still alive its plain to see...The foliage is Lush and green. This tree has given more in its long life than any of us ever will. A home to enumerable living creatures. shade and a restaurant for others from crawling to 2 legged upright humans. Please do not disrespect this living beings life of service by taking it.
Please save this magnificent tree. I'm always amazed by it when I go to the San Pedro House. Being fenced off, there shouldn't be safety issue.
This beautiful tree is part of the wonderful experience of going to the San Pedro Riparian Area. Please do not destroy it!
do not cut the cottonwood tree @ san pedreo house site. safeguard resources, antiquities, hanitats as property & treasures of the american people. It is your duty & your job.
People LOVE that tree. Cutting it down is UNNECESSARY. There is abundant space around it. If some insurance company says it is risky to let people walk under it, put a fence around it. You don't destroy, or keep people from looking at, the Grand Canyon, or boiling springs in Yellowstone: you put fences and warnings up, make money from tourism, and stir curiousity and appreciation for the natural world. People are increasingly distrustful of government and will suspect that someone is getting a kickback and that this is a short-sighted decision motivated by immediate profit somewhere.
Save the beautiful cottonwood tree at the San Pedro house.