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TUT, TUT! (Trees under Threat) - Fairlynch Museum
By: Michael Downes
Added: 06 December 2011
They may have been condemned as diseased, dangerous and past their sell-by date but the unexpected loss of those two magnificent 25-metre high Monterey pines on West Hill has saddened the town's tree lovers.
Seven years ago, in the Town Design Statement produced with help from various organisations including Fairlynch Museum, the trees on the western approach to Budleigh Salterton from Exmouth were described as "forming a wonderful canopy all the way into town."
But positive action is now being called for to safeguard this verdant heritage.
Earlier this year Budleigh Town Councillor Lynda Evans said that she was concerned at the number of trees being felled in the town and wondered if the Council should, in the future, be asking for replacements to be planted.
Click here to read more http://budleighbrewsterunited.blogspot.com/2011/12/tut-tut-trees-under-threat.html
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