TEST FOR 'OLD GLORY' SPRING MAY DETERMINE FATE OF ANCIENT TRANSPLANTED OAK.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer PICO Pico (pē`kō) [Port.,=peak], island (1991 pop. 15,129), 167 sq mi (433 sq km), Horta dist., in the N Atlantic, one of the central Azores. It takes its name from the volcanic mountain, Pico Alto [high peak], which rises to 7,711 ft (2,350 m). CANYON - ``Old Glory'' has been unboxed and is now planted in its new grove a few hundred yards from where it grew for centuries before. The litmus test litmus test n. A test for chemical acidity or basicity using litmus paper. for how the tree fares after its highly publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised move will come in the first months of the spring, when arborists expect new sprouts to begin to show. Some oaks in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. have already started to bud, but it varies from tree to tree, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Lee Newman, the arborist who oversaw the transplantation. ``Now it's up to the tree to come back out when the spring hits,'' Newman said. ``Weather will dictate when it starts budding.'' The ancient valley oak was moved in January, the conclusion of a 14- month controversy that began when activist John Quigley John B. Quigley is a professor of law at the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University, where he is the Presidents' Club Professor of Law. In 1995 he was recipient of The Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. camped in its branches for 71 days to protest the tree's imminent destruction due to a road-widening project. Quigley's extended stay in the limbs resulted in the road's developer - John Laing For John Laing, the 15th century bishop of Glasgow, see John Laing (bishop) John Laing plc is a British developer and operator of privately financed, public sector infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, hospitals and schools through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Homes - agreeing to move the tree instead of cutting it down, a process that took several months and nearly $1 million. And although the oak now appears to be stable, it will continue to demand regular maintenance for months, and even years, to come, Newman said. ``It's not static,'' Newman said. And with the relocation of the tree, so goes the relocation of a surrounding fence and guard booth. ``There's been a temporary fence around it ever since we moved it, and the security is still there,'' said Jim Ulvan, off-site superintendent for Laing Homes. And the construction of Pico Canyon Road, the soon-to-be four-lane highway that prompted the tree's move, is progressing as well. According to Ulvan, the construction of the road is well under way. ``The hole where the tree was is backfilled and we're installing base right now.'' Nicholas Grudin, (661) 257-5255 nicholas.grudin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: 'Old Glory' is seen in its new home in Pico Canyon a few hundred yards from where it grew for centuries before. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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