Clear cutting on I65 North in Chilton County

I was on my way back from Montgomery on Tuesday (I'll post later about the billboard law that I went down there about) and noticed that a big area on I-65 North around mile marker 209 had been clear-cut and pretty much scraped. It looks pretty bad, but in this case there was a good reason. I called the district office in Maplesville, and they told me the State of Alabama actually did the cutting. This area is across from an airport and the trees were unsafe for small planes.

So, this is one of those cases where the trees had to be removed for public safety reasons. We're still pushing a state policy to not permit tree cutting for the benefit of private developers. (The petition of support for such a policy is still on the website).