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Dozen Trees Cut, Dumped Into Potomac River At Trump Golf Club In Virginia [1]

"About a dozen mature trees and additional shrubs were cut down and dumped into the Potomac River from Trump National Golf Club property last week, an action that Loudoun County officials say could violate local ordinances covering work on floodplains.

The downed trees were spotted last Saturday by Steven Mckone, director of the Calleva River School, as he kayaked the river and turned into the George Washington Canal, a bypass often used by boaters to avoid a dam that blocks the river. Tree trunks, limbs and branches clogged the smaller passage.

“It was very fresh, the sawdust wasn’t even wet yet,” Mckone said. “Normally when people remove trees, they take the trees out, but these were dumped right in the river.”"

Patricia Sullivan reports for the Washington Post February 28, 2019. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Trump Club In Virginia Accused Of Cutting Trees On Riverbank" (AP) [3]

"Pres. Trump Accused Of Trashing Trees On Banks Of The Potomac" (WUSA CBS 9) [4]

 

Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [6]
Water & Oceans [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Public [9]
Source: Washington Post [2], 03/04/2019
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/dozen-trees-cut-dumped-potomac-river-trump-golf-club-virginia [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-news/about-a-dozen-trees-cut-dumped-into-potomac-river-at-trump-golf-club-in-va/2019/02/28/992ce89a-3a14-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html [3] https://www.apnews.com/4b6296fd7e3d49f9869139549fb5de52 [4] https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/pres-trump-accused-of-trashing-trees-on-banks-of-the-potomac/65-0e5da06d-024f-418c-8227-dc43a25095b9 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81