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Homer Glen schedules workshop after residents raise alarm over BP pipeline tree clearing
Summary
Residents told the Village Board that BP intends to clear a wide swath of trees along a decades-old pipeline; trustees asked BP for a tree survey, wetland delineation and a work plan and scheduled an environment-committee workshop for Oct. 1 to press for answers.
Trustees in Homer Glen set a public workshop for Oct. 1 after residents and trustees raised concerns about a planned British Petroleum (BP) right-of-way maintenance effort that could remove large, longstanding trees along a pipeline corridor.
Residents said BP has notified them about work that would clear a swath of vegetation and that prior clear-cutting in 2007–08 removed hundreds of trees. At the meeting on Sept. 25, resident Joe Therese urged trustees to preserve the trees, saying, "Some of these trees have been dated to be over 300 years old," and called them the community's heritage. Other residents, and several trustees, pressed for documentation and safeguards before any clearing proceeds.
Trustee Councilino said staff is compiling…
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