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Thank you all for caring enough to join this group. I was given the information that 66 trees were to be destroyed starting from the lights at Perpall Tract to the area opposite KFC.

My friend and fellow organizer of this group, went down to Ministry of Works demanding to see and take a copy of the plans. She was unable to get them, they promised they would be ready later in the week. She did however, take a photo of the proposed plan.

There are now 31 trees slotted for destruction from the salmon colored wall at CA Christie, at the western tip of the beach all the way down to where the stone jetty juts out from the shore, just past the Shell Gas Station. This is even worse! This is the part of the beach where the shady trees are MOST needed.

Furthermore, it has nothing to do with widening the road, they are putting up a parking lot for 70 plus cars, a small playground and a set of bathrooms. Traffic will be re-directed around the back of this "development" instead of driving along the beach.

We were also told by the Ministry of Works, that the trees were planted in the 1920's, proof of how durable and hearty they are to have withstood Hurricane Andrew, Floyd and a host of others over the years. They say they will take out these trees and replace them with others, either the five finger, native oak or some other tree.

Coming into hurricane season now, how strong will these replacement trees be? They have proven to be the only species in New Providence capable of growing so close to the water, in the sand, tolerating sea spray and large amounts salt water, and remain resilient in the face of direct hurricane winds.

There is still time to mobilize and let the powers that be know, that we do not want those trees torn out, they are a beautiful, needed resource.

25 Signatures

  • Gino
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    • one sound, one voice!
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  • tina barry
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    • This is NOT something that is an improvement to the beach. People want and need the shade provided. Seagrapes and other native plants not only will not provide shade, they are SLOW to "catch" on, even if tall trees are planted in their place.
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  • Heather Forde
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    • we are loosing all our shade trees from either hurricanes or ppl cutting them down
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  • Chaplain Cecilia Askew
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    • Please save something from my grands.
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  • candida cash
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  • GKnowles
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    • Why can these trees not remain as part of the landscape and, to provide shade for the beach?
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  • Rhonda Cleare
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  • Daynan Tynes
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    • development of the road and the recreation area can be done without moving the trees
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  • Julia Ames
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    • Driving under the trees at Saunders beach is the most peaceful experience...and so cool... taking them down will ruin the whole area, making it just as devilishly hot as everywhere else on this soon to be desert island...
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  • Charles Edward Carey III
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  • Patricia Merrifield
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  • suzi wong
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    • I think that the removal of the Casuarina Trees is unthinkable...
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  • Patrick Maura
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  • darcy moss
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  • toby
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    • keep the trees!!
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  • amanda c.b.evans
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  • Andrew J Burrows
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    • Unfortunately, the government is pushing forward with a program aimed at satisfying special interest and will allow nothing to get in its way. Not the voice of the people or these magnificent trees. Its time we said NO to the Government and YES to the 66 and Saving Saunders Beach.
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  • Indira Weech
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    • PLEASE, listen to us THE PEOPLE....let's make a plan that saves these beautiful, old trees! Please everyone tell someone else until we are heard EACH ONE, REACH ONE!
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  • tara Podlewski
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  • D. DUNCANSON
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    • This is not political just the right thing to do.
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  • John Bond
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  • Sheri Hubball
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    • I think we as a country need to seriously step back & really think about what we are doing to the natural beauty we have been so very graciously blessed with. We all too often take this for granted & it is becoming very, very sad! If we don't act now to protect this very fragile, natural beauty, we will regret it for generations to come!
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  • Kim Aranha
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    • I think it is a great shame that people cannot protect what was there in the past and cannot understand the importance these special landmarks play in our lives...
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  • Tracy Barry
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    • casuarinas CAN co exist with other vegetation. Lets work WITH them!
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    • No
  • Candice Major-Lightbourne
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    • Save our trees!
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    • No