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