How do we arrive at either of those conclusions? I, for one, know nothing of this tree other than what I have seen just now. It's entirely possible that a trai

How do we arrive at either of those conclusions? I, for one, know nothing of this tree other than what I have seen just now. It's entirely possible that a trained arborist (which most cities and counties employ) looked at the tree and decided it needed to be taken down or coppiced. In fact I would argue that it's much more likely that happened than anything else. I'm actually a little disappointed that the article jumps to weird conclusions in an attempt to be insightful.