The two maples in Sadie Kochans’ front yard in Nashville’s Woodbine neighborhood were very old trees. Then Nashville Electric Service crews came through under the utility’s new, wider clearance rule around power lines.
Kochans says some of the cuts went back so far that she believes the trees will not heal. NES later removed one of the maples entirely. The other is still standing, but lopsided.
What happened to the Woodbine maples
Kochans described the trimming to WKRN News 2 reporter Katelyn Quisenberry in a report published Oct. 30. She said the crews cut well beyond the 15-foot clearance the utility now requires, and that the cuts on her trees went deep enough that she expects them to die.
With the maples cut back, her front yard is now fully exposed to the sun, and she told the station she expects that to raise her electric bills…