I signed ! Of course... and Spread the word too ! Awsome posts, keep up the great work !

WOW when we will respect the past in some areas of Dallas a protest for destroying the trees great if families refused to purchase in the development LOL have a great week.

www.savetheangeloak.com

I went to The Angel Oak website and I could not believe what I was seeing. Thanks for posting that site, Robert. I always thought that area was protected by the City of Charleston, but I guess I was wrong. How can something this big be planned for that area and no one know about it? I signed the petition. Let me know if there is something else I can do.

they are beautiful  let them be

The proposed, "Angel Oak Village", an extremely dense development that will destroy a pristine maritime forest and imperil our most precious low country treasure-the Angel Oak, is a really AWFUL idea.   A community of that density within 150ft feet of the park will destroy the serenity of an internationally recognized natural and historic phenomenon.              It is absolutely astonishing to me that the city of Charleston would risk loosing its integrity for it's commitment to historical, cultural, and environmental sensitivity. 

                What if we could, for the first time in history, begin to realize that human beings survival upon this planet within this vast and enormous universe depends only on how consciously we act to preserve and protect our environment?  All forms of life depend on each other.  Life attracts other life. 

The human experience has always involved a relationship with forests. In the human imagination, forests have often been deep, dark, mysterious places in which danger lurks, but they have also been venues for escape from reality, for dreaming, for mystical experiences.

            Throughout human history, trees have been powerful symbols. Trees symbolize life and growth, reaching down underneath the ground and up to the sky at the same time. A bridge between all worlds. 

When the first colonists arrived in South Carolina, they lived among, wolves, bears, panthers, deer, elk, and buffalo.  Today, there are no elk, buffalo, wolves, and bears roaming in South Carolina.  They were wiped out.  Deer live in the state today, largely as transplants, restocked for hunters.  The last native wolf in South Carolina disappeared sometime in the middle of the 19^th century.   It was a prime example of how fear manifested itself into hatred.  The South Carolina "Act for Destroying Beasts of Prey" in 1695 ordered every Native American bowman either to produce two bobcat skins or the pelt of a wolf, panther, or bear each year. Native Americans who did not do so were to be "severely whipped." 

            The colony of Charles Towne gave science more descriptions of new species than any other state.  In 1664, a visitor reported that "great flocks of Parrakeeto's" filled the skies.              It is tragic that North Americans wiped out at least nine of their bird species in less than two hundred years, a record of extinctions unmatched by any other large area of earth.  The last Carolina Parakeet died on February 21, 1918. The species went extinct because they were being killed by farmers protecting their crops and merchants who used their beautiful feathers to make ridiculous looking hats for women to parade around in.             It is also interesting that the city of Charleston was a winner of the "Heroes of Horticulture" award, for its work in "preserving the Angel Oak from the threat of encroaching development." WOW.             We have lost so much already.  I will stand up to Angel Oak Village LLC, and any other developers who try and alter the sacred land in which the Angel Oak found her home, and I found mine. Just as we should not have to look at a caged panther at the zoo and envision a wild animal, we should not have to look at a single tree and imagine its forest.

I can't believe they are going to build near the Angel Oak Tree.

The developer has just submitted his request for a tree variance to the BZA. He is asking for permission to cut down 25 Grand Trees and encroach upon 5 other Grand Trees. The hearing is set for October 1 at 5:00 at 75 Calhoun St. 3rd floor Main Conference Room.

We need as many people as possible to attend this meeting and let the Zoning Board know we are opposed to this variance and the development. Go to the web site Robert posted savetheangeloak.com to check for updates. The developer has put this on the agenda before and then deferred it at the last moment.

Hi Jim and Maria!

There is an article in the City Paper that came out today. It's worth picking up and reading.

Thanks for creating this blog. I hope to meet you both at the BZA meeting Oct 1. Hope you can make it!

Lorna

Hi again Jim and Maria!

I hope to see you and your friends at the BZA meeting Wednesday. If you know of anyone who can't make the meeting because of work or other issues, they can fax a statement to 843-724-3772 Attention Eric Schultz. It will be read out loud and made part of the record.

Of course, it will be much better to show up in person and speak but not everyone can do that. I hope this helps!

Lorna