Next to the plant description sign for the ponderosa pine trees is a newly cut stump on the First Street Rapids Park Trail. About 27 trees of varying sizes were cut down on March 30. Some were good shade trees and shelters for wildlife. Some of the trees gave the trail a natural atmosphere. I think that it’s a shame to have them cut.

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On the First Street Park Tree Cutting

by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon
April 4, 2012

<h1>On the First Street Park Tree Cutting</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />April 4, 2012</p> <p>Next to the plant description sign for the ponderosa pine trees is a newly cut stump on the First Street Rapids Park Trail. About 27 trees of varying sizes were cut down on March 30. Some were good shade trees and shelters for wildlife. Some of the trees gave the trail a natural atmosphere. I think that it&apos;s a shame to have them cut.</p> <p><em><br /></em></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/on-the-first-street-park-tree-cutting-2140273/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18767&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/on-the-first-street-park-tree-cutting-2140273/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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