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Michael Caswell

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Yep! They're tearing out trees with a backhoe right now!
« on: February 23, 2023, 11:19:19 am »
This should bring out the STCC clowns right now. I can't wait to see them, chains and billboards in hand,  parading along the trail near the Oxbow.

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Re: Yep! They're tearing out trees with a backhoe right now!
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2023, 12:13:22 pm »
Somehow a winter ice storm always manages to highlight the inherent issues with danger trees among us, and bring them front & center for all to see, in their icy beauty.

Especially any DANGER trees that may put the public at risk of harm or death on State Designated Park & Trail properties

It would be a safe bet that many sections of the Empire Canal Trail (ECT) may be blocked by bent or broken tree limbs with all the icing in Western NY.

And many trees limbs are being stressed to their limits, ready to snap and fall along a NY Trail, quite possibly on unsuspecting trail users.

These trees are not supposed to be growing along canal embankments, and it's sad that many people in our area simply turn a blind eye to the danger these trees pose.

Have to agree with NYS here, get the equipment on the Canal  Towpath, let people see the danger, and work under the protection of the new Embankment Integrity Manual that clearly states WHEN & WHERE the Canal Corporation is allowed to remove trees...

That is ANYTIME the trees, or Canal conditions put that public in immediate danger, like today.

Ice Storm Cleanup is not proactive embankment clearing, it's reactive emergency maintenance.

Maybe in part it's due to NOT being as proactive as a tax supported, NYS Municiple agency that's managing the Erie System should be... isn't that the truth here?

Great picture Mike, public safety in action. Seems like the NYS Canal Trail System has become a tree-mendous danger to Fairport today.

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Re: Yep! They're tearing out trees with a backhoe right now!
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2023, 07:42:55 am »
Doug! So, here's Eerie Agte's spin on this.



See! I told you she was crazy - many times!  Fancy walking these trails in this weather  -12.8 degrees C

https://assets3.thrillist.com/v1/image/2734449/1584x968/scale;webp=auto;jpeg_quality=60.jpg
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Re: Yep! They're tearing out trees with a backhoe right now!
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2023, 03:56:03 pm »
Mike, you know I'm not normally the "religious" sort but I did take a good hard look at this whole Lent thing... this year.

This annual event looked like a great opportunity for someone to swear off one or two of their vices, or perhaps stop doing something they were used to doing every so often. I guess its viewed as personal sacrifice, but its more like a religious fasting, because you get to chose what to stop for a whole 960 hours.

So this year I've decided to give up Elizabeth Agte for Lent, its the worst vice I have in my life, watching the crazy antics of a very foolish person... and chuckle. The chuckle part is supposed to be bad but sometimes you just can't believe what some people think or say.

My time during Lent  will be spent supporting work like this: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-retardation

So I really don't care what Erie Agte does for the next 888 hours, and maybe a few hundred thousand more after Lent is over... When is Easter this year?

More importantly,  how do you think Ms Agte will work the Easter bunny into a reason for saving Canal Embankment trees?

So far the list of reasons trees have to stay seems to grow by the season... now we hear about Winter reasons again.

Shade

Wind

Wildlife

Animal Burrows

Honeysuckle

Bees

Warm Fish

Communication (some supporters talk to trees)

Aesthetic Beauty

History

And now it appears... warmth.

Warmth while walking along the Erie Canal, on Winter days, with single temps, when most "normal" people wouldn't consider a walk outside a very good idea...for many reasons. And reasons that all seem to escape the working wit of one, Ms E. Agte...

It's ridiculous to even think it's true...but once again its a CLEAR case of "consider the source".

887 hours... and counting

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Re: Yep! They're tearing out trees with a backhoe right now!
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2023, 11:23:36 am »
And the real winner is    WARM FISH!    Good grief!   How crazy is that??? ;D :o
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Trees are beautiful!
« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2023, 02:52:41 pm »



I completely agree Chuck!

There are hundreds of places along the canal to jog where there are trees.

No need to jog on top of Canal earthen embankments, where there should be no trees because of safety concerns to the residents living below, and those trees are posing life threatening problems, to both people & property.

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