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BRECKENRIDGE — One more tree in Breckenridge may live to see another Christmas.
An R. A. Nelson construction crew rescued the lucky little pine tree Tuesday afternoon from under a staircase between two concrete walls on the west end of the Village at Breckenridge development site.
The Village has been undergoing extensive remodels over the past year.
They relocated the small spruce, christened “Charlie Brown,” to a new home about 50 feet away along one of the Village walkways.
“We've been walking over the top of that poor little tree for three or four months,” Michael Dunham said. “And with the devastation that we're all very well aware of, the pine beetle kill ... if we have the opportunity to save one little tree then it's our obligation to save the little tree.” Dunham, a painter for R. A. Nelson, was the first to suggest the tree be moved to a safer location.
To make the move, the crew softened the soil around the spruce for several days. On Tuesday they removed the metal stairs encasing the tree, carefully dug it out while keeping the roots intact, and replanted it.
“Whatever the cost, we will save this tree,” said John Blounts, one of the foremen who oversaw the relocation.
The relocation took about 10 hours of labor altogether and cost the company close to $1,000, Blounts said.
The spruce tree will help control carbon in the air and prevent runoff during its lifetime, which could be over 100 years, according to John Harrington of Alpine Gardens in Frisco, who assisted with the move.
“We did everything we could to save everything (on this site) we could,” Blounts said.
Several dead trees were removed from the property as part of the project, but no living trees were harmed and the company put up a fence to protect live trees near the construction site.
Construction workers at the Village site are also removing chamomile, a weed that takes up ground space and chokes off native wildflower growth.
“It's another thing that we're doing to be environmentally conscious here in Summit County,” Dunham said.
An R. A. Nelson construction crew rescued the lucky little pine tree Tuesday afternoon from under a staircase between two concrete walls on the west end of the Village at Breckenridge development site.
The Village has been undergoing extensive remodels over the past year.
They relocated the small spruce, christened “Charlie Brown,” to a new home about 50 feet away along one of the Village walkways.
“We've been walking over the top of that poor little tree for three or four months,” Michael Dunham said. “And with the devastation that we're all very well aware of, the pine beetle kill ... if we have the opportunity to save one little tree then it's our obligation to save the little tree.” Dunham, a painter for R. A. Nelson, was the first to suggest the tree be moved to a safer location.
To make the move, the crew softened the soil around the spruce for several days. On Tuesday they removed the metal stairs encasing the tree, carefully dug it out while keeping the roots intact, and replanted it.
“Whatever the cost, we will save this tree,” said John Blounts, one of the foremen who oversaw the relocation.
The relocation took about 10 hours of labor altogether and cost the company close to $1,000, Blounts said.
The spruce tree will help control carbon in the air and prevent runoff during its lifetime, which could be over 100 years, according to John Harrington of Alpine Gardens in Frisco, who assisted with the move.
“We did everything we could to save everything (on this site) we could,” Blounts said.
Several dead trees were removed from the property as part of the project, but no living trees were harmed and the company put up a fence to protect live trees near the construction site.
Construction workers at the Village site are also removing chamomile, a weed that takes up ground space and chokes off native wildflower growth.
“It's another thing that we're doing to be environmentally conscious here in Summit County,” Dunham said.
