Don't top trees

The topping and butchering of trees in any community is like a plague from time to time. This destructive pruning practice of cutting back large branches to stubs leaves wounds that invite bugs, decay and disease that can enter a tree. When the general public sees more and more of this indiscriminate cutting of trees it becomes acceptable and it definitely is not.

Topping can destroy a trees natural shape, its beauty and grace. It saddens me for I know that people pay top dollars to have this done to their trees, but don't realize the long range ramifications that can follow after a tree has b...