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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 557924, member: 30"]No idea. We had to remove a stump from one when we moved to higher ground after Katrina, it was about 3' in diameter. I have no idea how old the ones on my own land were, but the larger ones on the raw land next door to mine were about a hundred feet tall, huge around. I can understand if the govt protected ones must be 200+ yrs old.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I worked construction for a living, the town my biz was in - had a "Tree City" award annually. I worked on the "Tree Commission" there for a few years to identify and map the tiny town's trees. Despite the age and beauty of the older trees, they are often cut down to make way for new construction. The town attempted to stop this, but after Katrina hit, so much destruction and disaster around, it turned out to be wasted effort. I learned about southern trees! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tinytown has about a 200yo live oak, gorgeous, although no longer in the shape it was in back when I took care of it. It stands along the highway in the center of town, in front of my ex-business building. At a trip to the state highway dept, I asked about the "ownership" of the tree, and was told, didn't matter who owned it, what "antique" status it could hold, if the highway department wants to remove it - it's a goner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 557924, member: 30"]No idea. We had to remove a stump from one when we moved to higher ground after Katrina, it was about 3' in diameter. I have no idea how old the ones on my own land were, but the larger ones on the raw land next door to mine were about a hundred feet tall, huge around. I can understand if the govt protected ones must be 200+ yrs old. When I worked construction for a living, the town my biz was in - had a "Tree City" award annually. I worked on the "Tree Commission" there for a few years to identify and map the tiny town's trees. Despite the age and beauty of the older trees, they are often cut down to make way for new construction. The town attempted to stop this, but after Katrina hit, so much destruction and disaster around, it turned out to be wasted effort. I learned about southern trees! :cat: Tinytown has about a 200yo live oak, gorgeous, although no longer in the shape it was in back when I took care of it. It stands along the highway in the center of town, in front of my ex-business building. At a trip to the state highway dept, I asked about the "ownership" of the tree, and was told, didn't matter who owned it, what "antique" status it could hold, if the highway department wants to remove it - it's a goner.[/QUOTE]
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