Last week, the Auburn University Facilities Management removed eight very large trees from the Fisheries Annex to make way for a new Kinesiology Building. The trees will later be transplanted back onto the site of the new building.
It took crews between two to three hours to move each tree by crane. Horticulture Professor Gary Keever, who was involved with the project, says several years ago the University made a pact to protect the trees. Keever says the campus is in the early stages of a landscape master plan. He says ever since the Toomer’s Corner Oaks were poisoned there has been a tremendous increase of interest in the trees on campus.
Keever says the Auburn University Facilities Management is trying to protect the trees on new construction sites. They are looking at moving the trees when they can’t keep them.
Dr. Keever also gave us an update on the Toomer’s Oaks. Keever says many questioned the age of the trees, originally thought to be 130-years old.
Keever says through dated photographs of the progression of Toomer’s Corner, experts were able to determine the trees are probably around 80-years old.
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