I arrived at work today to find the first phase of the pine tree removal project complete.

The bank beside our parking lot was filled with pine trees.

They offered great shade and provided a great buffer from the roadway.

Unfortunately, a lot of the trees were diseased and needed to be removed before they started dropping large branches on the nearby cars.

Even though we're going to lose our shade and buffer for the near future, Fleet Manager Bill made arrangements to have a large amount of hardwoods planted sometime this summer.