First of the UL Old Oaks, Felled

[CajunRed]

So all of this...with so many stressing themselves out..was for NOTHING. The original information that started the whole thread was incorrect.

My original post...right when the thread began...was that I was confident that those in place to make these decisions would do what was appropriate in this situation. Turns out, they did.

igeaux.mobi

[CajunRed]

I think some need to come on here and apologize.

igeaux.mobi

[Turbine]

I'm sorry.

Well except for some faulty math and lost history it has been educational.
igeaux.mobi

[Just1More]

_ So all of this...with so many stressing themselves out..was for NOTHING. The original information that started the whole thread was incorrect.

My original post...right when the thread began...was that I was confident that those in place to make these decisions would do what was appropriate in this situation. Turns out, they did.

igeaux.mobi _

I want to make it very clear... I was not stressing about this thread.

I thought we might have been talking about 6 precious old people in need of help. I was going to suggest cutting down the oaks around UL to sell and raise money for their care.

I'm very happy, even at great expense no doubt, UL has approached these trees and that land with logical and practical planning and conservationism.

I talked with those oaks one day when on campus. They told me they were kind of ticked off at being nothing more than showpieces all of their lives. One said, "I grew myself so that I could make really nice furniture and all of the Avatar loving freaks keep looking at me like I'm some kind of mystical creature. I don't mind that a lot of fruitcake people like me, but I just want to be made into furniture before something happens to me... like getting struck by lightning like my cousin Orf".

[moorecajun]

_ next.........


next you say.....?


You know what's next........

Al Gore and Jesse Jackson will be here stirring the pot and hugging a couple of trees _

Little known fact: Al Gore invented trees.

[cajunhawk]

_ Little known fact: Al Gore invented trees. _

And W won the Iraq War all by hisself!!

[Zeebart21]

_ And W won the Iraq War all by hisself!! _

Never thought I'd miss W. My how the times have changed.

[Just1More]

_ Little known fact: Al Gore invented trees. _

I think he only claims to have invented the ACORN, but not the actual tree.

[Turbine]

I think he only claims to have invented the ACORN, but not the actual tree.

Tree trunks were the original Information Super Highway.
igeaux.mobi

[CajunT]

_ Never thought I'd miss W. My how the times have changed. _

Save Me! Al Gore, Zee, Buddha, Tom Cruz........!!!!!

[Zeebart21]

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Save Me! Al Gore, Zee, Buddha, Tom Cruz........!!!!! _

on your own buddy...I have the Stihl with the 60" bar ready to roll!

[SlappyCajun]

My own personal opinion is that cutting down old trees should never be taken lightly. I have gone to many campuses that are devoid of trees and are all concrete jungles of new construction. Having those oak trees on UL's campus really gives it a great southern feel.

With that being said, one of the general aspects of environmentalism is the proposition that we did not inherit the earth from our parents but are leasing it from our kids. Planting five new trees to take each one's place leaves the campus in a better posture, tree-wise then it previously is.

While I think the two most important features of UL's campus are red brick and oak trees, I think the University did its due diligence and took an environmentally sustainable course of action.