Tracey Burnette was brought to tears late last month when she arrived home from work to see a clearing in her front yard. “I knew we were in line to have these trees taken down, and I was not sure what kind of an emotional impact it would have on me,” she said. “My mom, Betty Anne Bagley, used to climb those trees when she was growing up, and they have always been a part of my yard ever since we built the house in 1970.