"Windfall Elimination Measures." Sanitary pruning and tree felling, dubbed "merciless," has begun in the regions.
So, in Astrakhan City Island for felling пopali absolutely healthy trees, rotten ones remained in their places.
"All the trees and parks have been cut down throughout the city, the gardens near the city have been eradicated, and now they've taken on the last forest planting in the city.", Astrakhan residents are indignant. Officials, however, claim that the workers "carry out sanitary measures to eliminate windfall and hazardous trees that have been broken or fallen as a result of adverse weather conditions."
Last year, 152 trees on the 1 May and Krasnaya embankments in Astrakhan were subject to "sanitary pruning" (69 were completely cut down), leaving the area bare. Vladimir Konovalenko, chairman of the organization "Ecology of Astrakhan," then created a petition calling for an end to the destruction of green spaces. But it apparently had no effect.
People Saratov inbecame embarrassed So far, only one tree in the city center has been pruned. This is likely just the beginning of "sanitary pruning."
В Tver region reportthey are talking About forest clearing along the Kimry-Dubna road, near the village of Kletino. According to the source, he contacted the forestry department and received a response: everything is legal, the clearing is being carried out as part of the fight against bark beetles and dead wood.
In Ekaterinburg, which lost dozens of trees last year, did not wait for new "sanitary measures." Community activists нapravili The mayor's office is required to conduct a preliminary examination of the trees by experts and to make the felling plan transparent.
🔹In 2023, chaotic tree cutting and felling affectedzero many regions. Previously, the chairman of the public organization ERA Evgeny Rybakov explained why such "croning" вreddit treesThey "lose immunity, become disabled and die."
Photo: Tree felling in Astrakhan (Overheard Astrakhan) and Tver Oblast (Caution: Tver), "crowned tree" in Saratov (Region 64)
