Francesca Knowles wrote:
I think you've missed the point of most folks' objections to the practice- it's a property rights issue. Your cheap siding/rubber roof/too-tall rig doesn't trump my tree.
I, too, live in the woods, and unless you're a LOT more casual than I am we both know that if without permission anyone hacked a single branch off one of the trees on our property there'd be H-E-double-pitchforks to pay.
Please explain to me how trespassing on private property and cutting a single limb in a public park to protect your investment relate to each other?