Photos: Tree protest in Arcadia
Environmental activists stand in front of the gate that leads to a grove of more than 200 oaks and sycamores that were set to be felled in the Santa Anita Canyon area. The trees were being removed to create a spreading ground for 500,000 cubic feet of storm debris to be dredged from a nearby reservoir.
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Actress Daryl Hannah is escorted away from the Los Angeles County flood-control area where workers were tearing down oak and sycamore trees Wednesday. Four other activists climbed into the trees and stayed there in a standoff with sheriff’s deputies.
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An aerial view of the tree-clearing project underway in Arcadia on Wednesday. The project was delayed while county officials looked at other flood-control plans that might save the grove, but authorities said they found no feasible alternatives.
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Work crews used heavy machinery to tear down the grove of more than 200 oak and sycamore trees. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman said work crews were to remove all the trees except the three in which the protesters had perched. “Then perhaps they’ll come down without us having to extract them,” he said.
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