Over a year ago PG&E informed the community that 140 trees would be removed from TJ Martin & Jeffrey Fontana Parks. We were told it was because of possible power outages due to wire clearances from the trees. At that meeting many of the residents were outraged by such short notice and by the unnecessary destruction of these healthy trees. A total of 62 trees were scheduled to be removed from March 22nd to the 25th.
Go back and watch the video from ABC News, Residents fight PG&E to save trees near power lines.
Thanks to community involvement, park walk throughs, and the many meetings MFPA has had with PG&E, a total of only 13 trees have been removed since that first meeting on 11 Feb. 2010. In addition, our “Heart of the Park”, Tree 13, was saved from the axe.
MARTIN-FONTANA PARKS ASSOCIATION 