Look What They?EUR??,,????'???ve Done to My Trees, Please

Residents of Brownsville, Texas are bemoaning the loss of century old palm trees, some more that 30 feet tall, near the University of Texas-Brownsville dorms. The trees, chain sawed down by the state?EUR??,,????'???s department of transportation, make way for ?EUR??,,????'??? a sidewalk.

?EUR??,,????'??Just what we need, another side walk,?EUR??,,????'?? was the attitude of some, including members of the Brownsville Beautification Committee who contend the transportation department failed to notify city officials.

Others, including UTB?EUR??,,????'???s vice president for administration, expressed regret for the loss, but otherwise seemed to accept the felling as a necessary price to pay.

Stephen Walker, the landscape architect for the Texas DOT, said a minimum number of trees were taken out.

The dorm palms have become home to Mexican green parakeets, a large, parakeet darker on top with yellowish-green undersides and long, pointed tail. In the U.S. and Mexico, the species has declined because of loss of habitat to agriculture, reports the Audubon Society.