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Editor,
There is a eucalyptus tree in my neighborhood with a sign for removal. Removing trees harms the environment and erases history. This special tree is so big and so old that it has more history than almost any other tree in the area. According to me, “This tree is a living thing just like us.”
You shouldn’t hurt this tree because it takes away oxygen from the environment. Trees take in carbon dioxide, which we breathe out, and they breathe out oxygen. With fewer trees, there will be more carbon dioxide in the air. Carbon dioxide not only makes it harder to breathe but it also causes global warming.
Cutting down trees also destroys some animals’ habitats, like birds and owls. If you take away an animal’s habitat, they either die because they cannot get food or they have to move to find food somewhere else.
Taking down this tree also erases history in our town. If this tree could talk, it would tell us a lot about the evolution of our neighborhood. By cutting down the tree, we lose that history. Part of what is nice about our neighborhood is that old trees have grown in the area.
In conclusion, we should be trying to save this tree and as many other trees as possible because if you do that you help the environment and protect our history. This tree is bigger, stronger, older and should be respected and so should all old trees in general.
Nathan Green
Hillsborough
The letter writer is age 8
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These trees were originally planted as a windbreak and as most people know, have very shallow root systems. We saw the effect this past winter when heavy rain coupled with fierce winds toppled many of these trees causing widespread property damage. I too would love to save as many trees as possible but city officials have to weigh the cost of keeping these trees vs. the potential of a threat to public safety if one or more should fall on a home, public road etc.
LIVING ON CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD AND WORKING QAT THE BURLINGAME LIBRARY I DROVE EL CAMINO BETWEEN THE EUCALYptus trees for years..gorgeous ride keep them they tell our history just driving on El Camino pass an ordinance to finance tree preservation...
what a beautiful statement i my self have wondered how the eucalyptus trees were planted along el camino in burlingame words so true as history speaks about our trees and towns here on the peninsula , i hope the words are well heeded as the trees do cause a lot of maintenance as they are known to cause maintenance work for burlingame good luck we will watch the plight of famous old trees it seems cities neighbors just can;t wait to tear them down. sVE THE TREES BURLINGAME WE NEED THEM.
I am just curious what you would say to the relatives of people that may be killed if one of the trees destroys an apartment building along ECR if it topples during a stormy night?
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