The city of Logan needs to build a water tank and waterline to support its growing population, but the proposed project threatens historic trees along a beloved road.
For some residents of this city, Dr. Seuss’ well-known children’s tale, “The Lorax,” is starting to feel less like fiction and more like reality. But unlike the story, which features just one character advocating for the preservation of trees, Logan is home to hundreds of “Loraxes” speaking for Canyon Road’s threatened ash trees.
“We ruffled some feathers, and I don’t feel bad about that,” said Erika Hansen, who lives near the ash trees and watches baby owls learn to fly within their branches each year. “I feel like they’ve made up their mind, but I don’t feel hopeless.”Hansen, the owner of Center Street’s The Red Fox, is among the dozens of business owners throughout the city who have put up “Save the Canyon Road Trees” signs outside their establishments.
Logan residents attend a meeting about the fate of several century-old trees on Canyon Road.and city employees explained why they chose Canyon Road as the route for the waterline, which would cut the roots of the historic trees if it were to go there. After detailing thethe firm considered, J-U-B project manager Zan Murray said Canyon Road would be the shortest, straightest route, making it the cheapest and least intrusive.
Murray said the project was still in its planning stages when residents began asking questions. Although the idea had percolated in Logan since 2001, the first time a Canyon Road resident heard of the project was October.
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