A proposed 30-foot radio tower that would be used to capture data on bird, bat and insect migration has been sent back to the applicant for some tweaking.
Sandra Farnham, one of the land owners, said she was grateful to the staff at Berkshire Natural Resources Council. “Nobody s going to come in and build a whole lot of
Brian Kane: Saving the Buttonball
The American sycamore tree commonly known as the Buttonball Tree in Sunderland on North Main Street. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 4/27/2021 10:36:04 AM
Saving the Buttonball
Regarding the update on April 19 about road and sidewalk construction on North Main Street in Sunderland (“Metal fence proposed to protect 400-year-old Buttonball Tree),” the metal fence is entirely inadequate.
The fence is movable, not fixed in the ground; it doesn’t encircle the critical root zone of the tree, it just runs parallel to the road; there are no signs to indicate what it is, why it’s there, and whom to contact; and it’s not long enough.