Friday, October 30, 2015

The Zen of Thornhill Maples

“If trees gave free Wifi everyone would plant one. Unfortunately they only give free oxygen”  Facebeook
                                                

                                         
I moved to Thornhill to get out of the urban concrete of Toronto.  I have a connection to nature and learning to be a part of its divine design was the way I was raised..  As the world becomes more populated, each tree is that much more important.
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 I was recently instructed by my condo corporation to cut all the trees in my rear yard as they were replacing  the fence. If I did not cut them, they would do so at my cost. I appealed to the municipality to intervene but learned that trees under 8 inches in diameter do not require a permit. I questioned management if the fence design could be re-engineered, but to no avail. The three thinner maples would have to be cut and the roots removed.
                       

Those Thornhill Maples have been growing peacefully for over 20 years and they were approximately 20 feet in height.  The economic replacement cost for a twenty foot maple is approximately $1000 per tree. The condo board has not agreed to replace or compensate for the loss those trees. To add more fuel to the fire, I just received a letter requesting payment immediately for $300.00 to cut the trees which I tried to preserve!

One of our great defenses against climate change are trees as they emit oxygen, stabilize the soil, and clean the water .We need to look at ways to avoid destroying trees and find ways to conserve them. The board at Johnsview Village in Markham should learn more about the value of tree conservation. Every Canadian should be cognizant of saving trees and aspire to be a country with a net tree increase going into the next century.


The Adventure Guy 


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