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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (40394)	9/15/2005 11:36:23 AM
From: paret	Respond to of 90947

L.A. airport to spend $200,000 to move illegally planted palm trees AP-San Diego Union Tribune ^ \| September 15, 2005 LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles International Airport will spend $200,000 to uproot and replant dozens of palms trees that it illegally planted around the airfield five years ago. "We are delighted that they're following through, to right the wrong that was done," said Travis Longcore, science director of The Urban Wildlands Group, which first challenged the project. "We're very happy that it's moving forward." LAX officials expected the 92 Mexican fan palms would spruce up a grungy stretch of land just outside the airfield's chain-link fence. But some nearby residents complained that the tall palms blocked ocean views. The Urban Wildlands Group claimed they were illegal, nonnative vegetation that was put in without a required state permit. The California Coastal Commission ordered the airport to remove the trees, agreeing they could threaten the plants and animals in the nearby dunes, which are a refuge for the endangered El Segundo blue butterfly. The Board of Airport Commissions approved the removal expenditures this week. Contractors will pluck out the trees in the next few months and install them among the landscaping in the airport's central terminal area. Officials said the work should be complete early next year. Removing each tree will cost more than $2,000 because cranes must be used to pull them from the ground.