‘I speak for the trees’

COEUR d’ALENE - Linda Meyer likens what’s happening to her property to the Dr. Suess book “The Lorax.”

“When they get done, I’m going to make a big sign that says: ‘The Grove of The Lifted Lorax,’” she said, pointing down her property line where hundreds of her Ponderosa Pine trees have been removed during the past couple of weeks.

Meyer’s husband, Bruce, said the trees are being removed legally for the most part, but the way it has been handled is causing a neighborhood dispute. When the Meyers purchased their house on Fernan Hill Road they knew their neighbors had a view easement and now they are exercising their right to remove the Meyers’ trees.

Bruce said it all started when developer Larry Fluet wanted the city of Coeur d’Alene to annex a 22-acre parcel he wants to develop above the Meyers’ property. “I led the effort to kill the annexation,” Bruce said. “We didn’t want him to be able to build 32 houses up there.”

But that didn’t stop the development. Bruce said Fluet is currently developing 11 residential lots in the Woodlands at Frosty Pine. More here . Jeff Selle, CdA Press

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