This is not only an eyesore. This is a health hazard. The boards you see in the photo have nails…Read More sticking out. This area has become the trash heap for anyone walking by wanting to dispose of garbage. With bins overflowing, trash is blown down the street into residents' yards.
Another example of more balanced reporting from Berkeleyside article:…Read More http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/05/17/uc-berkeley-seeks-funds-to-cut-down-22000-non-native-trees/. Some of the comments are useful especially about glyphosphate. The author of the article even used his own name.
The source cited in this announcement states up to 1,400 gallons of herbicide possibly including…Read More Roundup might be used rather than 14,000 gallons of Roundup will be used. Not that I am in favor of dosing the environment with petrochemicals, but I do like to make decisions based on facts. I also have to wonder about the accuracy of the source given that it is an opinion piece rather than an article.
And now for the more balanced reporting:
"But U.C. Berkeley wants to remove most of its 22,000…Read More eucalyptus and acacia trees, then restore native species like they did in the Claremont Canyon."
From this article: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=9107025