Re: Reed's Bay Park: For those interested, below is the Planning Department's recommendation to the Planning Commission for the redevelopment of Reed's Bay Park -- including the removal of many of the banyans and other trees. By a vote of 4-1, the Commission approved the Planning Department's recommendation but removed a few trees from the chopping block (at least temporarily) -- but still condemned "Big Mama" banyan along with a dozen or so other trees. Sounds like the drama in Avatar -- but for, in Avatar, the Mother Tree is at last saved.

Here is the Big Mama. See her before she is lost history.  (Hey maybe they will leave a placque in her memory -- like a lonely tombstone: Here is where the Big Mama  banyan lived and died)







Some other trees along the shoreline also slated for removal. (Just watch the increase in erosion once these trees are removed)




See more photos on my 1/24 blog on this same topic.

For more information see my blog dated 1/24/10.