CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO CLEAR 940 OAK TREES BUFFER ZONE TO BE PLANTED BETWEEN DUMP AND HOMES.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city officials gave Sunshine Canyon Landfill operators approval Wednesday to rip out to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. See also: Rip as many as 940 mature oak trees, marking the last environmental clearance needed before the groundbreaking for a new 55 million-ton dump. Tree clearing will start immediately, Browning Ferris Industries officials said. Crews will have to stay 300 to 500 feet away from nesting birds. Neighbors and environmentalists decried the decision, saying the project would wipe out 194 acres of dense oak woodlands in the canyon north of Granada Hills. Plans to replant re·plant v. To reattach an organ, limb, or other body part surgically to the original site. n. An organ, limb, or body part that has been replanted. two young trees for every 8-inch diameter tree cut would not be an fair exchange, they said. ``Individual oak trees do not equal oak woodlands and this is an oak woodland here,'' said Travis Longcore, science director for The Urban Wildlands Group. ``We need see this as a habitat, as a whole, rather than a bunch of individual trees.'' The company will plant as many replacement oaks as will fit on a 100-acre buffer zone buffer zone n. A neutral area between hostile or belligerent forces that serves to prevent conflict. Noun 1. buffer zone between the dump and neighborhood. Remaining trees could be planted in parks, street medians and other open spots where they have a good chance of survival. Board of Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. commissioners unanimously endorsed the oak removal permit. ``Unfortunately, despite all of our efforts to not take trash to landfills ... we still have trash, and trash has to go to landfills,'' said Commissioner Janice Wood. ``Landfills are absolutely a part of our civilization.'' In a recent recount of oaks on the property, an independent consultant for the city tallied 745 mature oaks and 187 young oaks that wouldn't be replaced. BFI BFI - brute force and ignorance committed to replacing 940 oaks, a number a company-hired consultant came up with during an earlier recount. The company still needs building permits for a few construction facilities. And it has an appeal pending with state water regulators to overturn a requirement that the new landfill be built with a double liner liner /lin·er/ (lin´er) material applied to the inside of the walls of a cavity or container for protection or insulation of the surface. liner see teat cup liner. system. Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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