38793This morning, another huge Italian Stone Pine fell at the Pleasant Hill Reservoir. One tree has already fallen, and two more have been removed by the City of Sebastopol due to likelihood of...

The race to get on the air was more important to KOWS than obeying the laws and protecting the environment. As a result, sixteen huge trees have been threatened and may die.

KOWS has not received...

Attached is a map of the Pleasant Hill Reservoir site, showing both the route of KOWS' illegal trenching, and the route provided by KOWS on its project application. This map also shows numbers and...

Attached is a list of the trees affected by KOWS' illegal trenching: their size, species, distance from trench, etc. Trees #5 and #10 are the two Italian Stone Pines that Becky Duckles, city...

The following is excerpted from the Arborist Report submitted yesterday by the city's arborist, Becky Duckles. Her report includes findings that two Italian Stone Pines are damaged to the extent that...

38433There are ways to do this kind of excavation without harming trees.

Cities across the US have adopted strategies for protecting tree roots close to or within the CRZ (critical root zone)...

KOWS was responsible for providing a tree protection plan to the city as part of the building permit, according to the Sebastopol Zoning Ordinance (17.100.180, Section B):

"Existing trees and...

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On Monday, November 28, KOWS radio authorized its contractor Schafer Electric to trench through 320 feet of mature tree roots on Sebastopol’s Pleasant Hill Road water reservoir site without...