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Hostilio clears tree debris
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Patrick and Christina work with
other MBC staff to clear a tree blocking the Fairchild Research Center
entrance
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Christina and Patrick help Lee
move a large gumbo limbo tree
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Lee moves a downed gumbo
limbo tree off the Loop Road
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Patrick, Christina, and Ericka
assess
the best way to remove an oak tree
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Christina prepares to start
cutting
an oak tree that can't be saved
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Christine clears tree limbs from
on top of Cycas micronesica plants
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Charles cuts up a black olive
tree that fell in a tropical Zamia bed
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Abbey and Charles clear a downed
black olive, with several species of tropical zamias in the foreground
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Vickie and Christine install a
temporary shade cloth canopy to protect the shade-loving tropical
zamias from sunburn
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A 70-ton crane prepares to lift
the giant Corypha umbraculifera in the Lowlands
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Closer photos of the crane
lifting the giant palm
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The giant Corypha palm
dwarfs the workers as it is hoisted back into place
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Special thanks to
Signature Trees & Palms and Gold Coast Crane Service
for their invaluable assistance in saving our giant Corypha
palm!
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