Saturday's freak snowstorm may have seemed like a lightweight compared to your average NYC winter storm, but it caused massive damage to trees throughout the city, particularly in Central Park, where as many as 1,000 trees may have been destroyed by the storm. Why the extensive damage, when Tropical Storm Irene only took out 100 or so? Unfortunately for the trees, many of them still had not shed their leaves, and as a result the heavy, sticky snow accumulated on the branches, and the additional weight was too much for the more fragile trees to bear.
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Nearly 1,000 Trees In Central Park Killed By Freak "Halloween" Storm
Downtown Arboricides Seem To Be On The Rise
About 200 trees are now gone in downtown neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Soho, and Chinatown, according to the NY Post. Instead, "The missing limbs have left leaf-lorn neighborhoods pocked with muddy, litter-strewn craters and ugly stumps." And it seems like some of the missing trees are the victim of "delivery trucks, contractors, vandals, and people who simply ax them."
Arboricide in Queens! 600-Year-Old Tree Taken Down
If the trees in this city could talk... this one would have a lot to say. The massive white oak in Little Neck Bay in Queens is "believed to have been born in an open meadow before Columbus arrived in the New World." In 1997 it was even granted landmark status, but now it's being dismantled because it's rotting.
MulchFest and Mulch Mania!
Don't just toss your tannenbaum out onto the sidewalk; this weekend there are two events designed for the ultimate holiday arboricidal massacre. First up is the city's annual MulchFest, which invites you to bring your tree in to a designated city park (they'll open up shop in all five boroughs), where it will be turned into nourishing mulch. "You are encouraged to bring bags to take advantage of the free mulch" that will be provided at certain sites. More details here.
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