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Forester documents large tree clearing at Royal Road data‑center site, urges enforcement and mitigation
Summary
Michigan City’s forester told the Tree Board he found a contiguous stand of trees cleared at a planned data-center site on Royal Road and said the city should calculate compensation and involve public works and city attorney to hold developers accountable.
The city’s forester reported Feb. 4 that a large tract of trees along Royal Road—part of a planned data-center site—was cleared before the forester could complete an inventory, and he urged the city to document losses and pursue mitigation.
Phil Graff told the board that engineers’ GIS maps previously showed several trees on the site; when he arrived some tree stands and road-front trees were gone with…
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