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Re: Tree Clearing at The Palouse Empire Mall
Bob, I agree. I went by there today and thought the same thing. In fact, I
think we, as in the city, should counterpropose that: 1) the buffer strip be
tripled in width and 2) the parking lot be covered by at least a 40% tree
canopy in 15 years.
A quick web seach found the following on trees and the urban enviroment:
http://geography.hunter.cuny.edu/~nycesrt/jermaine_joy/
http://www.treesatlanta.org/
http://www.arborday.org/trees/heatIslands.html
http://www2.champaign.isa-arbor.com/consumer/benefits.html
http://www.treelink.org/
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~forestry/guide/
http://www.americanforests.org/garden/trees_cities_sprawl/tcs_subhome.html
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Hoffmann <escape@alt-escape.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: Tree Clearing at The Palouse Empire Mall
> I considered the tree clearing as I drove by Palouse-Empire Mall twice
> yesterday (once eastbound, once westbound. There is no visibility
> problem. If you don't know there's a big shopping mall there, you are too
> blind to drive. I suppose someone in the Mall management was reading some
> study in some trade magazine about how important visibility is, and said,
> "That's it! Let's cut down the trees!"
>
> Dumm-da-da-Dumb!
>
> Bob Hoffmann
> 229 East C St., Suite B
> Moscow, ID 83843 USA
> Phone: (208) 883-0642
> Fax: 1-800-683-3799
>
>
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