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==Tree Activism==

==Tree Activism==

===Educating Against Volcano Mulching===.[[File: LesGoldenParksCandidacy.jpg|thumb|right|175px|<small> As a candidate for the Oak Park Park District, Les “Cut the Taxes” Golden suggested an imaginative use for a local park among tax-saving measures.</small>]]

===Educating Against Volcano Mulching===

[[File: LesGoldenParksCandidacy.jpg|thumb|right|225px|<small> As a candidate for the Oak Park Park District, Les Golden suggested an imaginative use for a local park.</small>]]

With the onslaught of Dutch elm disease, the village plants new parkway trees. But the landscapers “volcano mulch” the  newly planted trees for appearance sake and this leads to root-bound trees which then die prematurely.  Dr. Golden in 2009 led a movement which led to the Boy Scouts in Oak Park being recruited and instructed in proper mulching and their properly mulching all the newly planted parkway trees in the village.

With the onslaught of Dutch elm disease, the village plants new parkway trees. But the landscapers “volcano mulch” the  newly planted trees for appearance sake and this leads to root-bound trees which then die prematurely.  Dr. Golden in 2009 led a movement which led to the Boy Scouts in Oak Park being recruited and instructed in proper mulching and their properly mulching all the newly planted parkway trees in the village.