![]() ![]() Hurricanes breaking levees and the affects in Fort Wayne, IN? Yet, the mowing down of trees in Fort Wayne, never seems to end and the city does not see a problem with tree removal and does not have any plans to replace trees elsewhere except in mowed city/county park areas. Now trees are being removed due to “ potential levee disturbance.” According to a former employee of the Corps Engineer and Research Development, There has never been a documented problem with a tree. (MSNBC- Associated Press ) The literature on the presence of vegetation indicates that it may actually strengthen a levee,” said Andrew Levesque, senior engineer for King County Washington. Between Ash Trees being removed due to the Emerald Ash Borer invasion (equaling 24% of the tree canopy in Fort Wayne) and the Oak Trees being eaten by the Gypsy Moths no tree is sacred from removal or damage. Tree removal and stump grinding has been a hot discussion topic around town. Army Corps of Engineers is in charge of regulating levees by setting the safety guidelines and according to city planners the US ACE directed the city to remove the trees and make repairs or lose the acceptable rating of flood protection. This has resulted in the removal of hundreds of trees along the riverbanks of the Maumee River- in addition to trees removed from the St. Apparently this area of the riverbank lies on a levee and during one of the last big floods in Fort Wayne, the riverbank and the trees fell into the water. Mary’s River are indiscriminately being cut down by order of the Board of Public Works and the US Army Corps of Engineers. It has recently come to the attention of Save Maumee that trees along the Maumee River and St.
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