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Editor:

The South Hills Trail is a place in Sweet Home that many people value and enjoy regularly. In January, approximately a dozen trees fell on and across the trail. Instead of eliminating only the downed trees, a unilateral decision was made to clear-cut that entire portion of the trail, nearly eight months after the fact. 

On Aug. 11, the annihilation of a portion of the South Hills Trail began and within five days the job was completed.

I was shocked to wake up to this unexpected demolition. I immediately started making phone calls to find out who was in charge of this project and...