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I wanted to let you know that on Monday, October 22, the State Champion Horsechestnut Tree on my property at 1040 Pine Street will be removed. Many of you, I'm sure, have followed the story of this tree - the largest Horsechestnut in the state. ... Read More
It would be easy to dismiss Margery Goldman as an overly sentimental tree-hugger. But it would be wrong.
Goldman is the Boulder woman whose giant horsechestnut sustained a potentially life-ending injury from a neighbor's construction work. The tree, at 11th and Pine Streets, is a 60-foot state champion that will probably be hacked down this month... Read More
Study outlines benefits of trees to Boulder
A banner flaps from the branches of an enormous horsechestnut tree that shades the corner of 11th and Pine streets. The message, which peeks out from behind the rough, two-by-four skeleton of a new development, is simple: Remember this tree... Read More
While the wind lashed Boulder with gusts over 90 mph last week, Margery Goldman kneeled on the dirt beneath her horsechestnut tree.
She was feeling the ground, trying to detect the roots heaving under the earth from the tugging wind. She was fearful that her newly injured state champion tree — now rootless on its eastern side — would succumb to the wind. It didn't, but Goldman's not so sure it'll withstand the next big storm... Read More
The developer's letter "We did out best to save the tree" is on this page but a few stories down. Read More
To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker and Mr. Scott Woodard:
I believe in the power of asking for what you want and need; and I believe that the human spirit is powerful enough to effect change on the largest levels. Read More
The response is the second story down on this page. Read More
