DTE responds to ‘massacre’ claims from Ann Arbor over tree trimming

The Brief

  • DTE’s tree trimming is getting criticism from residents in Ann Arbor claiming a ‘massacre’ had taken place.
  • The utility’s vice president spoke with FOX 2 about how and why tree trimming sometimes leads to odd canopies and V-shaped branches.

(FOX 2) Perhaps you have noticed the strange trim jobs done to the canopies of your neighborhood.

The residents of Ann Arbor, a city that is not shy about its love of its urban forests, certainly noticed the odd shapes that some of their trees had taken on. And in a recent news story, they dubbed the chop job a “massacre.”

DTE is likely the party that is responsible for those strange V-shapes that many trees based in Southeast Michigan now have.

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