RedOrbit - Science - Dead Tree Response Poor: One-Fifth Expected to Be Removed

RedOrbit - Science - Dead Tree Response Poor: One-Fifth Expected to Be Removed:

"The federal government's offer to pay for removing dead trees from the Katrina surge zone has gotten a poor response in unincorporated areas of Jackson County.

This means that the number of trees to be removed will be close to one-fifth of what was originally expected.

The surge zone, as FEMA set it out, is anywhere the water reached. Trees are only eligible if they were touched by the surge.

Jackson County supervisors considered the issue Monday when they heard that the consulting firm they hired had only 500 right-of-entry forms turned in from private property owners allowing the government to come onto their property to get the trees. Those account for only about 1,200 trees.

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