华盛顿特区东波托马克高尔夫球场开始移除169棵树木
华盛顿特区——据 CNN 10月10日报道，隶属内政部的施工队伍10月10日（周六）开始在华盛顿特区的东波托马克高尔夫球场（East Potomac Golf Course）移除树木。该球场是特朗普政府多项翻新计划所涉场地之一，相关计划正面临要求阻止工程的团体的联邦诉讼。
据报道，国家公园管理局（NPS）9日在法庭文件中表示，计划从10月10日起移除169棵树，这是清除公共高尔夫球场潜在危险树木的常规维护工作的一部分。据法庭文件，NPS 共计划在该球场移除多达529棵树。
负责国家广场事务的 NPS 主管 Kevin Griess 在法庭文件中表示，计划中的树木管理与文化景观修复项目不是对高尔夫球场的翻新或重新设计，也不属于任何潜在翻新或重新设计项目的组成部分，无论未来是否翻新都会照常进行。
在要求阻止翻新的联邦诉讼中，原告方认为政府正以单独维护项目的名义推进其更大的翻新计划。文物保护人士与华盛顿特区居民对砍树表达了愤怒。审理此案的美国地区法官 Ana Reyes 上月在听证会上承认人们对此非常愤怒，并透露自己曾收到威胁，包括有人威胁称若她不“拯救树木”就将其“移除”。
Crews Begin Removing 169 Trees at East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON — Crews with the Interior Department on Saturday began a new phase of removing trees from the East Potomac Golf Course in Washington, DC, CNN reported on Oct. 10. The site is one of several Trump administration renovation projects wrapped up in litigation brought by groups seeking to stop those efforts.
According to the report, the National Park Service said in a court filing Friday that it planned to begin removing 169 trees on Saturday, part of what it described as routine maintenance to eliminate potential hazards from the public golf course. In all, the NPS plans to remove as many as 529 trees at the site, according to court documents.
Kevin Griess, the NPS superintendent overseeing the National Mall, said in the filing that the planned tree management and cultural landscape rehabilitation project is not a renovation or redesign of the golf course, is not part of any potential project to redesign or renovate it, and would be carried out irrespective of any future renovation or redesign.
Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit seeking to prevent the renovation have contended that the administration is pursuing separate maintenance projects as part of its larger plan. Preservationists and DC residents have expressed anger about the tree removal. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, who is overseeing the case, acknowledged at a hearing last month that people are upset, and said she had received threats, including one person who she said threatened to remove her if she did not "save the trees."
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