Comments on: Tree Clearing at Manassas Part III

By: The Wilderness and Wal-Mart « To the Sound of the Guns

The Wilderness and Wal-Mart « To the Sound of the Guns — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:33:24 +0000

[...] A few days ago, the Washington Post ran a piece on the tree cutting at Manassas (covered also on Harry Smeltzer’s blog). The major complaint, expressed by officials interviewed in the article and by comments on the [...]

By: caswain01

caswain01 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:26:45 +0000

Yes indeed David. Selective outrage. I’d have to go back and look up the “book definition” of ecosystem, but I seem to recall even an agriculturally active field has an ecosystem. Personally I’d like to see the ecosystem of the open field, ca. 1863 in place at selected locations in the park. Meanwhile lets get the ecosystem of ca. 1605 with all the trees, etc, in place, oh… perhaps near the location of the Nissan Pavillion?

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:34:41 +0000

The problem is that Prince William County has allowed developers to cut down almost every tree in the county outside the Park. Now they are concerned that the park wants to cut a small portion of its trees for scene restoration. Hypocrisy at its best!