On the move: Large Idaho sequoia tree finds new home
June 25, 2017 at 10:51 a.m.
| Updated June 25, 2017 at 11:05 a.m.
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Associated Press
Workers build a burlap, plywood and steel-pipe structure to contain the rootball so they can move the roughly 100-foot sequoia tree in Boise, Idaho, Thursday, June 22, 2017. The sequoia tree sent more than a century ago by naturalist John Muir to Idaho and planted in a Boise medical doctor's yard has become an obstacle to progress. So the 98-foot (30-meter) sequoia planted in 1912 and that's in the way of a Boise hospital's expansion is being uprooted and moved about a block to city property this weekend. (AP Photo/Rebecca Boone)
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A sequoia tree with a history rooted in conservation is standing in the way of progress.
The tree was sent to Idaho more than a century ago by naturalist John Muir and was planted in a doctor's Boise yard. The 10-story tree is on the move again, this time shifting across the street to make way for a hospital expansion. The tree is expected to reach its new turf Sunday.
St. Luke's Health System is spending $300,000 to move the 98-foot (30-meter) tree to city property about two blocks away.
