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September 24, 2014

Moving 300-year-old tree will cost U of M $400,000

  • About 850,000 pounds of tree and earth will be lifted onto a trailer for the 600-foot trip. The bur oak stands in the way of a $135 million expansion on the Ann Arbor campus.
    • By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER
    Associated Press

    ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A towering, centuries-old tree at the University of Michigan is set to be moved to make way for a construction project.

    The Ann Arbor university is preparing to relocate the 250- to 300-year-old, 65-foot-tall bur oak in October as part of a $135 million expansion of its business school. Crews from a company that specializes in transplanting trees spent months preparing for the move.


     
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