I had the pleasure of meeting Frank the Liberty Tree in northeast KC on January 10th, 2025. Frank was a 282-340-year-old bur oak tree that was removed after I volunteered my time and used the most high-tech tree assessment tools available to determine that Frank was structurally stable and had a robust root system. My recommendation to keep Frank went against the recommendations of MDC who did zero actual assessment of Frank or any work to confirm the wood decay fungus they said was affecting him. I also went against the main advocate of Franks removal, Ron Gamm who owns the tree removal company (Alpha Omega Complete Tree Service) who is not even a Certified Arborist, is not from KC, and made 9k to remove Frank. After Frank was removed, Jessica Thomas who bought the property the Frank sat on for three centuries less than a month before removing him, sold Frank off piece by piece on the internet and received over $1,800 in donations to removed him at www.FranktheLibertyTree.com. This is the most frustrating and saddening case I have ever been involved with.
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