Green Options » Emerald Coastkeepers http://greenoptions.com/tag/emerald-coastkeepers Posts tagged 'Emerald Coastkeepers' Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:10:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Modest Victory for Pensacola Trees http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/16/modest-victory-for-pensacola-trees/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/16/modest-victory-for-pensacola-trees/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:10:39 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/16/modest-victory-for-pensacola-trees/ An historic Southern live oak in Florida. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user John Bradley.)One of the most beautiful trees in the Deep South is undoubtedly the live oak: its thick trunk, twisting branches and wide canopy evoke romantic images of “Gone With the Wind” allees, and its strong, sturdy nature lets it survive and thrive for hundreds of years, droughts, hurricanes and fires notwithstanding.

The only thing that really seems to threaten these stately oaks is, of course, people … development in particular.

Fortunately, more people are choosing trees over development, or — at least — over over-development. And the trees have won at least a partial victory in the northwest Florida city of Pensacola, whose old historic center is graced with many majestic Southern live oaks.

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