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  1. Newsgroups: aus.conserve
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin!iris.resntl.bhp.com.au!resntl.bhp.com.au!pel
  3. From: pel@resntl.bhp.com.au (Paul Osborn)
  4. Subject: Re: Trees & whipper-snippers
  5. Message-ID: <pel.52.722237837@resntl.bhp.com.au>
  6. Sender: news@resntl.bhp.com.au (Usenet news system)
  7. Organization: BHP Research - Newcastle Labs
  8. References: <721967125.AA00303@csource.oz.au>
  9. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:37:17 GMT
  10. Lines: 25
  11.  
  12. In article <721967125.AA00303@csource.oz.au> Peter.Hogan@f369.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Hogan) writes:
  13. >From: Peter.Hogan@f369.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Peter Hogan)
  14. >Subject: Trees & whipper-snippers
  15. >Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 17:57:24
  16. >My local council (Collingwood) uses a whipper-sniper to trim
  17. >around the base of trees in the parks. It can be seen that the
  18. > whipper-snipper is damaging the bark at the base of the tree.
  19. >This damage is quite serious with the soft barked Melaluecas. I
  20. >am concerned that if the practice is continued the trees will
  21. >eventually be ring-barked, killing the trees.
  22. >Does anyone have any evidence of a tree being killed by this
  23. >practice? Do other councils use this method of trimming around
  24. >trees?
  25. >
  26. > * Origin: City Limits -Education,Australia 6 lines (3:633/369)
  27.  
  28. I have inadvertently killed small trees myself by whippersnipping (
  29. whippersnippering ?) but it usually only happens with reasonably young trees.
  30. -------- PAUL R OSBORN, Research Scientist, Sensing Technology --- /\/\ --
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