Here is a link that has some good info and better pix: http://www.centralparknyc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=stormdamage_appeal
Jenny On Aug 28, 2:20 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > Finally went up to look at the terrible damage to trees in the > northwestern section of CP after a violent storm. > > The clean-up work is going quickly so, the most prominent trees have > already been cut, but as I ventured into the less populated parts, I > got a better idea. Then my sandal broke and I couldn't continue > traipsing around barefoot so my mission was incomplete! -Jenny > > (Oh, the article mentions that some famous elm trees were destroyed, > and, while some elm trees may have been destroyed, not the 'famous' > ones that run along an esplanade.) > > pix:http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/CentralParkSotormDamage81909... > > Here is short AP story > > Central Park's storm damaged trees to be mulched > Associated Press - August 20, 2009 10:45 PM ET > > NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City official says hundreds of trees in > Central Park were so badly damaged in this week's storm that they will > have to be mulched. > > The storm swept through the urban oasis on Tuesday night, snapping > some of the Manhattan park's famous American elm trees in half and > uprooting others. Officials say between 500 and 600 trees were > severely damaged. > > Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe says the wood can't be reused as > firewood or turned into furniture or lumber. He says Manhattan, > Brooklyn, Queens and parts of Staten Island are part of the Asian > longhorned beetle quarantine area and any dead or damaged trees have > to be chipped up. > > Officials estimate it will cost at least $500,000 to replace the > park's destroyed trees. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
