Left Hand Valley Courier - All Local, All The Time

On Sept. 27, the Boulder County Department of Public Works removed a decades-old cottonwood tree near the intersection of Niwot Road and 79th Street in Niwot.

Last spring, a team of county arborists determined that the tree was hollowing and decaying, and deemed it a safety risk. At the time, the tree was estimated to be between 50-100 years old.