KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — A plan to remove thousands of trees along Kalamazoo County roads has been cut down in size.
Instead of removing some 8,000 trees as part of a federally funded road safety initiative, only 4,000 are now projected to be cleared, according to Kalamazoo County Road Commission Public Relations Director Mark Worden.
This comes after the tree removal received pushback from the community, who urged Kalamazoo County Commissioners to scale back on the number of mature trees that were estimated to be cleared…