Why is Kansas City cutting down trees in Penn Valley Park? What’s going on

It may seem counterintuitive to think trees and parks don’t mix. But some trees don’t.

Recent visitors to the west side of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park, just south of the pond — between Penn Valley Drive and Penn Drive — may have noticed a stand of trees no longer standing.

The trees, lining the base of the ravine at the park’s narrow creek, have been turned to stumps and piles of branches.

The reason:…

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