Kiewit Construction has nearly completed cutting the Rio Bosque Wetlands Park ecosystem in two - separating the park from the Rio Grande. In so doing, they were going to cut down a 40 year old cottonwood. Here's the deal about cottonwoods: germinating a seed requires about 3 flood cycles in a row. The cottonwoods at the Bosque and at Keystone Heritage Park were all planted in the last ten or so years . . . except this one. But, heck, when you are going to destroy ecosystems from San Diego to the Gulf of Mexico, what is one little cottonwood? Kiewit was ready to chop until . . .KTSM newsman, Nick Miller, stepped in. He called and told them that, if they were going to take it down, he wanted his film crew there. Moreover, emails began buzzing around town. End result: Kiewit decided that their public image could use some good will. It's great that they won't destroy the tree now - but don't expect anyone to start loving the Chertoff Wall Construction Company.
The photo above was taken by Nat Stone.
By the way, today's post at my Newman Park blog could have been posted here. We will keep an eye on both stories - and on Kiewit.
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