Eric Davies, a forestry ecologist, emphasized the city's effort to improve tree maintenance after losing this significant landmark, which they will attempt to replicate using its seeds.
Their motives appeared to be partly ideological, partly misogynistic and largely self-interested. All of them were trying to force through economic projects that are under scrutiny by Silva's environment ministry.
"On a blustery day in mid-May, a herd of cattle grazed against the snow-dusted slopes of the La Sal Mountains... the splintered remains of all the juniper and piñon trees that had been attacked and viciously shredded by a hydromower."
The winter run was the main sustenance source for the Winnemem Wintu throughout history. We consider them the grandfather of all salmon, said tribal member Gary Mulcahy.
"I wanted the discs to work with the land's own intricacies, amplifying and negotiating with the space they inhabit, rather than asserting their presence over it."