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You can't eat money

Richmond - The Editor, Several residents have expressed concern about the cavalier destruction of old trees to make room for parking lots and monster houses in Richmond.
Richmond - The Editor, Several residents have expressed concern about the cavalier destruction of old trees to make room for parking lots and monster houses in Richmond.Here are some thoughts about trees by those who have a way with words: "Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realize that we cannot eat money." (Native American Cree proverb) "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." (John Muir)Sabine EicheRichmond