Residents, Nantucket Land Bank Consider Removing Dead Trees to Reduce Risk of Fire

"Residents, Land Bank Working on Dead Pine Tree Removal Plan"
The Nantucket Independent, July 9, 2008
By Peter B. Brace

Peter Brace reports that a Nantucket resident's association will work with the Nantucket Islands Land Bank and the Nantucket Conservation Commission to remove 70 to 100 acres of dead pines along Hummock Pond Road. With less than two inches of rain in June and the island’s fire danger rating high, concern is the dead trees could fuel a forest fire.