Trees slated for removal in Miller Park

Received a tip from a neighbor about these old trees tagged for removal on East John. We're not out to save every tree on Capitol Hill, certainly, but we do like to hear about it when the city decides trees need to go.

For these old oaks, the info comes too late -- the comment period for this removal decision closed in March. The city arborist likely didn't have a hard decision -- there are large holes in parts of the old trunks where wood has rotted away and, you may have noted from the background of the pics, a new set of townhomes under the branches. We've got a few questions out to the city to learn more.

For future reference, the easiest way to, um, speak for the trees is to send mail to seattle.trees@seattle.gov. Though the black marker has a more dramatic effect.