Letter to the editor: tree work has “denuded” environment

Editor’s note: This letter is in response to the tree-cutting described in this Lincoln Squirrel article.

To the editor:

I was told by one person who was doing the actual cutting down of the trees at Lincoln Woods that they had to be removed because they were
installing solar panels on the roofs.  That made sense, but removing all those trees was necessary to get sun to most of the roofs. Are they truly installing solar?

Who really is in charge of tree removal? No one  seems to be. A private owner in Lincoln often gets a lot of grief if they want to change something on their property. How do these owners get to do whatever they want without regard to the overall way Lincoln regulates and thinks of land, privacy, and conservation? I and many others would like to know.

Now we have had three unnecessary and irreplaceable denudings of our environment (Route 2, Lincoln Woods, Greenridge Lane.) These two pictures show you how utterly unnecessary it was to remove this beautiful maple at Lincoln Woods, which made the buildings look attractive and artistically shielded the extent of the buildings behind it and did not really block the roof. This show the thoughtlessness of just one beautiful tree being cut down.

Mr. Gumbart, please don’t just say “things will grow back.” Not in my time.

Sincerely,

Claire Mount
Tower Road