JAY REEVES
Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. – Auburn University’s poisoned oak trees have been removed from Toomer’s Corner, bringing an end to an era and a drastic change to the landscape.
Crews this morning removed the limbs of the landmark oaks and left stumps lying near piles of sawdust. The trees are all but dead after being poisoned by a University of Alabama fan.
Harvey Updyke Jr. is serving a jail term after pleading guilty to spiking the oaks with a powerful herbicide, and experts say they can’t be saved.