Posted on 06/02/2010 9:57:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Money may not grow on trees, but it sure cost taxpayers a bundle to move a bush that was found growing in the path of the Doyle Drive rebuild.
Not just any bush - this was the Franciscan manzanita, a city native that was thought for 60 years to be extinct until the bush was spotted late last year.
With the final bills in, the cost of moving the bush in January came to $175,000 - $140,000 to dig up and move the shrub, and $35,000 for "support" services from geological, botanical and climate experts in preparation for its new home in the Presidio less than a mile away.
The discovery of the 8-inch-tall, 20-foot-wide bush was greeted with cries of joy by nature enthusiasts but quiet shock by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, which suddenly found a leafy version of the spotted owl right in the path of a billion-dollar roadway.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
LOL! Those wacky San Franciscans.
Question: why not leave it there and let some botanists (and/or geneticists) study/preserve it when it produces seed.
Moving it, if you assume it to be an otherwise extinct specimen, seems to only increase the risks of it dying out completely...
And folks actually wonder why California governments (from the state level down to local) are teetering on real bankruptcy...
Well, this time it really IS the fault of “bush”;)
Well, this time it really IS the fault of “bush”;)
I used to burn this stuff for coals My nephews said it was the best chow ever.
It’s dense wood. It burns hot. Great for steaks
How about having the person who finds such items be responsible for the cost and upkeep of same? He or she can establish a fund and let the taxpayers donate if they want to.
What I find funny is my wife would have taken “a clipping” and I’d have the damn things all over my yard. LOL!
Manzanita wood, when dry, is excellent for burning in a campfire, barbecue, fireplace, or stove. It is dense and burns at a high temperature for long periods. However, caution should be exercised, because the high temperatures can damage thin-walled barbecues, and even crack cast iron stoves or cause chimney fires.
Who knew?
To pass, you must bring me.....a shrubbery!
I have a pile of Palo Verde that’s been in my backyard for about 10 years. I’m almost afraid to burn it....
what you say only makes sense if you assumee that anything those #$%^$ in sf makes sense.
a world gone mad
itt is incredible how easily those people spend other people’s money
These people are idiots. I would have moved it without killing it for no more than 50 grand. Sheesh.
CA wildfires explained...
They should just wall off the city and declare it the California State Mental Asylum.
I love when liberals and/or government agencies have to live with the crap they so eagerly foist on those of us with jobs.
Manzanita and madrone grow wild everywhere on the SF peninsula and in the Santa Cruz Mountains. When you’re $20 billion overspent, what’s a couple hundred thou among friends?
In. Fricking. Sane.
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