>> Have you recycled your tree yet? I saw a whole bunch of to-be-mulched trees when I ran by Christine Emerson Reed Park in Santa Monica, dropped off by eco-minded people taking advantage of the city’s Park Your Tree program.

>> Will Campbell did his annual dead tree collection, hauling seven carelessly abandoned trees from his ‘hood to a tree recycling drop off center. Says he: “I’m in it because someone’s gotta be and because I take far greater pride in my neighborhood than any of the seven lame tree tossers in my immediate vicinity who don’t.” Earlier:

>> Some toppled trees in urban areas are being turned into usable wood instead of mulch, albeit with some difficulties. “Mahogany from Brazil can be an easier sell than eucalyptus from Goleta. The streets deliver a dizzying variety of species, but not enough at any one time to guarantee the uniform appearance offered by commercial growers.”

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