tom911
Sep 15, 05, 3:13 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles International Airport will spend $200,000 to uproot and replant dozens of palms trees that it illegally planted around the airfield five years ago.
"We are delighted that they're following through, to right the wrong that was done," said Travis Longcore, science director of The Urban Wildlands Group, which first challenged the project. "We're very happy that it's moving forward."
LAX officials expected the 92 Mexican fan palms would spruce up a grungy stretch of land just outside the airfield's chain-link fence.
But some nearby residents complained that the tall palms blocked ocean views. The Urban Wildlands Group claimed they were illegal, nonnative vegetation that was put in without a required state permit.
AP Sacramento Bee link (http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/13567550p-14407977c.html)
"We are delighted that they're following through, to right the wrong that was done," said Travis Longcore, science director of The Urban Wildlands Group, which first challenged the project. "We're very happy that it's moving forward."
LAX officials expected the 92 Mexican fan palms would spruce up a grungy stretch of land just outside the airfield's chain-link fence.
But some nearby residents complained that the tall palms blocked ocean views. The Urban Wildlands Group claimed they were illegal, nonnative vegetation that was put in without a required state permit.
AP Sacramento Bee link (http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/13567550p-14407977c.html)