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Bastrop County’s Ready to Go Green

July 30, 2012 5:10 am by: Andrew Uhler

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A local company has pledged to invest $18 million in land and equipment to harvest dead and decaying trees killed in the Labor Day Fires last year in Bastrop County.

Some have called it a profitable solution to clearing some of the devastated land. KUT’s Andy Uhler talks with Vicky Garza, a reporter for the Austin Business Journal, about how the investment is not only poised to bring jobs to Central Texas, but will also spell relief for some Bastrop landowners.

For some landowners it will be a huge relief because a lot of assistance is going to dry up in the coming months. And that’s going to leave tens of thousands of scorched trees in Bastrop County and some landowners can have as many as three hundred trees, and it costs about $300 a tree to have them removed.

 

2 Responses to “Bastrop County’s Ready to Go Green”

  1. On July 30, 2012 at 10:53 am shea responded with... #

    Thank you Ms Vicky Garza and KUT for letting people know about our company goals and focus. If anyone need to contact us we can be emailed at
    info@gogreeninternationainc.com.

    Our website wil be up and running very soon for info and sign up.
    www. gogreeninternationainc.com …

    Thank you, Shea Menchaca

  2. On July 31, 2012 at 10:38 am concerned responded with... #

    The Bastrop county fellow in charge of disasters Mike Fischer announced that the county was going to receive grant money to clearn all of the private property. He announced this on a nightly news program from Austin. So where does that leave GO GREEn?????

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