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Sights: MWD Dirt Lot – Victoria Grove

October 5, 2012 by Ole 1 Comment

This dirt lot in the middle of the Victoria Grove community in Riverside belongs to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD):

Just a few weeks ago, this lot was bordered by beautiful orange trees:

What happened to the trees?

As explained in the following post on a member agency’s Facebook page, MWD removed the trees as “part of their long-term maintenance”:

So, according to the Metropolitan Water District, “long-term maintenance” includes destroying mature, healthy and well-maintained orange trees that were located directly across from an elementary school in the middle of a community named after orange groves. Got it.

Sights: Chopping Down Riverside’s Heritage

September 17, 2012 by Ole 6 Comments

This row of healthy orange trees along Blackburn Road in the community of Victoria Grove is not an uncommon sight in Riverside. Neighborhood orange trees are nice reminders of Riverside’s citrus heritage and the orange groves on which many of our homes were built.

Here is that same row of healthy orange trees being cut down and removed.

I guess I will contact the Metropolitan Water District to find out why.