Salt Lake City worker's terrible mistake killed 200 beloved trees in neighborhood, leaving locals outraged

Salt Lake City worker's terrible mistake killed 200 beloved trees in neighborhood, leaving locals outraged READ MORE: New law allows New York homeowners to chop down trees By Alexa Cimino For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:15 EDT, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 17:25 EDT, 26 July 2024 e-mail View comments A Salt Lake City worker's simple mistake costed a neighborhood 200 trees, outraging the community. Tony Hazelbaker, the director of the city's park division, said the worker responsible for the death of 175 trees in the Fairview neighborhood was devastated when he realized what went wrong.

Last year, the worker sprayed Milestone, a common herbicide, on the base of the trees. What he didn't know was that the chemical he used was designed to kill invasive species of weeds. Fast-forward to this summer, locals started noticing the leaves on the trees beginning to shrivel and die.

The city's urban foresters determined the Milestone was the culprit, and are now working to reverse the damage on the remaining trees that are still alive. 'We're going to try to save everything we can,' Hazelbaker told ABC4 . A Salt Lake City worker's simple mistake cost a neighborhood 200 trees, outraging the community Last year, the worker sprayed Milestone, a common herbicide, on the base of the trees.

What he didn't know was that the chemical he used was designed to kill invasive species of weeds The dead trees are still standing as of Thursday, but whether or not the herbicide is still present in the soil i.