"Midler Wrongly Fells 200 Hawaii Trees"

[GreenPartyVoter]

The singer and actress will pay the fines and will follow a replanting program, her attorney Max W. J. Graham said.

The actress and movie star, who was born in Honolulu, didn't realize permits were needed to remove the trees on a vacant 58,000-square-foot parcel of land on Kauai's North Shore, Graham said.

"The whole idea with cutting the trees down was with the idea of improving the lot with native species" instead of the nonnative, invasive species that had grown there, Graham said. "It's unfortunate that a mistake was made."

The National Tropical Botanical Garden, which maintains three gardens on Kauai, will design a replanting plan that consists of appropriate native plants, Graham said.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20070822/D8R5RGBG1.html

[cspanlovr]

1. I saw her house there...its VERY nice. Native plants are always

better than invasive non-native plants...but you've got to do it legally. I just love Bette.

[Sukie1941]

2. Bette didn't know.....

But surely the tree cutter knew about the rules and regulations. Maybe he wasn't licensed to do the work.

The article says the trees were cut "around" her property. Does this mean it was not ON her own property?

[Ezlivin]

3. Is it a Pakalolo plantation?

It's not native, but it can make you feel like one.

:smoke:

[cspanlovr]

4. very funny!