A 67-year-old Dallas woman made national news in March when she climbed a tree and refused to come down, protesting electric delivery company Oncor's plan to remove it. It wasn't her first climb. (She carried a pellet gun the first time). While stories like this are not the norm, they're not uncommon. Most people find them humorous and, therefore, they're often picked up by news outlets. Utility managers and property owners who don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to vegetation management in right of ways (ROWs), however, find nothing funny about such situations.
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