MPP Huron .The picture contradicts eloquently the claim by the ministry.

Of any day, this one should have mega ice on the road under the tree ... none to be seen.   Also, the accumulated snow around the tree and surrounding field is less than the area further on.  Most trees deflect wind downward and, in fact, blow the roadways under the bigger trees clear.

Road ways have been raised and domed over the years in this area to have the wind blow off the snow and, if drainage is right, there is no water to freeze on the roadway. This stretch needs improving no doubt but attitudes about the environment and our "slash and burn and take no prisoners" view has to change.

Anyone traveling the Iowa, Illinois area will see what the wrong way to treat trees can do. They have removed all but one or two trees around the farmsteads, one house every mile or so. They are in a struggle now to keep the soil in place and stop wind erosion.

WE almost lost all these elm trees to government mismanagement of our boarders.  It is happening again with the sugar maple black blight.  If we lose all and every maple tree (as predicted), Canada will look like the middle east … sand anyone?

We need this elm breeding stock to try to keep up our tree supply.

Also, the only and safest way to travel in a blizzard and blowing snow is to have many trees along the sides of the road = so one can (a) see the edge of the road on one side or the other (b) look above the bank and or ground drifting to see the treetops and navigate this way.  Therefore, the argument by the ministry should be the reverse of what they are saying ... TO BE MORE SAFE WE NEED THE TREES.

I suspect there is documentation as to how many off- road excursions have been caused by these five trees and how much property damage these five trees have caused motorists over the last 250 years!   I always have a problem when drivers say the trees are chasing at them from the ditches or are leaping in front of the cars. No car ever drove 'itself' into a tree.  I suspect better drivers are needed to keep the roads safe. This applies to every mile ... trees of not.

My parents and family are responsible for the  naming of Walnut Road in South Huron.   Look it up.  We worked hard to be good stewards of the land. We lived close enough to Hay swamp and the sand land of the Goshen to see it blowing by on its way to Perth County. 

You [the government] are the ones responsible for the GOOD stewardship of PUBLIC LAND. This is your responsibility. You are also in contravention of your own bylaws.