[PCA] NEWS: Army Corps orders thousands of trees chopped down

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Jun 10 08:41:15 CDT 2009


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_treeless_levees

Army Corps orders thousands of trees chopped down
By Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer - Tue Jun 9, 6:24 pm ET

COLUMBIA, La. -- The Army Corps of Engineers is on a mission to chop down 
every tree in the country that grows within 15 feet of a levee -- 
including oaks and sycamores in Louisiana, willows in Oklahoma and 
cottonwoods in California.

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