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Recently, while working as a consulting arborist, I was asked to prepare an inventory of trees for a proposed subdivision in a rapidly sprawling Toronto suburb. When I visited the site, the level of destruction I witnessed made my heart sink. Every living thing had been cut to the ground. A marshy creek that once flowed through the property ended abruptly in a muddy mess of bulldozer tracks and torn-up roots. In one corner, the remnants of tree stumps were stacked in a pile.

Unfortunately, the process in Toronto is not much different. Many developers, architects and engineers view trees as a hindrance to their plans rather than as a valuable resource worth preserving. I can't count the number of times I've been presented with plans for a site with the location of proposed buildings laid directly on top of existing mature trees. More>>

Felipe Massa (7th): "A very difficult race for us, in what was pretty much a lottery. Given how things went, especially in the first part of the race, a point is still something and at least it helps us close the gap in the Constructors' classification. In the wet we were not totally competitive, both on normal and extreme wets. However, as the track began to dry, we began to run very strongly, even more so as soon as I fitted the dry weather tyres, to such an extent that I set the fastest race lap. We have a very competitive package and we will fight right to the end of the championship, starting at the next race in Istanbul."

Michael Schumacher (8th): "Of course, I am very disappointed. We had a great opportunity but we did not take it. More>>