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Beloved Tree Comes Down

Dan Bross
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KUAC

A landmark tree in Fairbanks is no more.  The 75 foot tall white spruce that stood in front of the Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge farm house was cut yesterday (Monday).  As KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, the tree was dying from stress cracks and a beetle, and needed to come down, but it won’t be forgotten.

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Dan has been in public radio news in Alaska since 1993. He’s worked as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host at stations in McGrath, Valdez and Fairbanks. Dan’s experience includes coverage of a wide range of topics, from wolf control to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and dog mushing.