Saving the cypress

Friday, August 29, 2008

These majestic cypress trees that have towered over the southeast corner of the former Nevada State Hospital front lawn for decades may soon gain protection from future development. Members of the Nevada Parks and Recreation are looking for some way to prevent any harm from coming to these trees that are native to southern swamps. Parks board member Shirley Bastow said that these trees are over 100 years old, having been brought to Nevada from Louisana by the person who built the State Hospital building. She said that she was told there is spring beneath the trees that has helped them to thrive in an unlikely location. The original State Hospital No. 3 building was completed in 1887. --Ralph Pokorny/Daily Mail

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Let me see here, Tear down 100 year old buildings, put hundreds of people out of work, loose payroll coming into our community, but lets be sure to save trees that overhang sidewalks. Sounds like business as usual for Nevada!

-- Posted by thestirrer on Fri, Aug 29, 2008, at 6:55 PM
theboz, I think you are off target here. I'm not a tree hugger, and certainly not a huge fan of our city's powers that be, but you might want to check into the facts surrounding the shut-down of the State Hospital. The word "State" in State Hospital might be an important clue in finding those facts...

-- Posted by nobodyimportant on Sun, Aug 31, 2008, at 1:36 PM

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