Pressure mounts on Port Angeles City Hall to save Lincoln Park trees
A mature Douglas fir in Lincoln Park in Port Angeles is marked for eventual removal to clear the landing approach to William R. Fairchild International Airport after the Port Angeles City Council approved removing up to 45 trees in September. The port is withholding on removing trees until a park master plan is completed. -- Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Ode to old trees sung to City CouncilBy Tom Callis
Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — The City Council has heard a lot during public comment over the years.
Residents have used the few minutes they get to address the council to speak for or against the issues of the day.
But none had used the opportunity to express themselves through song. That is, until recently.
The man and woman leading the cause to save the Lincoln Park trees broke out in a tune Tuesday championing environmental protection.
“We can save our mother, our mother,” sang Devon Graywolf while casually tapping on a small drum, with William Hunt accompanying her.
“So get out of those cars, come out of the bars, look up to the skies, look up to the skies,” they continued.
Graywolf sang another song, “I See the Tree in You,” at the May 17 council meeting.
She said Wednesday that the songs help the message resonate with others.
“It’s part of my art,” said Graywolf, who wrote both songs.
“I am an artist and an activist.”
That message appears to be catching on, said City Councilman Max Mania, who noted that the council has received “dozens and dozens” of emails on the issue.
“So they have been pretty effective,” he said.
City Councilwoman Brooke Nelson said the council welcomes all input, no matter the format.
“If they have a message for the city, whether traditional or nontraditional, we welcome all forms,” she said.
Hunt and Graywolf, who are working under the name Lincoln Park Tree Rescue, presented the council Tuesday with another 318 signatures of people on a petition to save the evergreens.
They said they have a total of 902 signatures.
They also told council members that they are considering starting a voters initiative to save the trees.
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“We can save our mother, our mother,” sang Devon Graywolf while casually tapping on a small drum, with William Hunt accompanying her. “So get out of those cars, come out of the bars, look up to the skies, look up to the skies,” they continued.
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