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48 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, January 27, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Opportunities Moving to Southern Oregon? MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend January 1, 2005 Since You Asked Park trees were cut for safety reasons I have a question about Prescott Park and Roxy Ann Peak, which I frequently hike. Why have the madrones been cut? I presume it is because madrones are hazardous in terms of fire danger, but it would increase my appreciation of this otherwise natural area if I could understand the reason the city had decided to remove almost all the madrone trees. Certainly it makes it hard to look at Prescott Park as a nature reserve but it remains a wonderful place to get out and experience fresh air. — Alan F., Medford Prescott Park is one of the city’s jewels, it’s true. Brian Sjothun, director of the Parks and Recreation Department, said the city received a fuel- reduction grant, and a fuel- reduction crew deemed many trees hazardous, so they removed a lot of them last year. Sjothun said because it’s a public park, it’s important to remove the hazard fuel. If people weren’t up there driving vehicles and smoking they wouldn’t do the work, he said. He said it’s actually not a nature reserve, it’s an open space area. In fact, the city has plans to open it up and make it more accessible, maybe even adding another parking lot. Sjothun said the parks department would like to sponsor educational nature hikes up there as well. Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers