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PHOTOS: Deforestation on Lafayette's College Hill

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)

After clearing more than 40 trees and a slew of shrubs, the project violated the city’s steep slope conservation ordinance, which aims to mitigate sedimentation and erosion. Because of the extreme pitch of the hillside, trees cannot be replaced. Instead, the college planted 45 trees and 36 shrubs across the campus and in the city. (Molly Bilinski)