Reminds me of an old Andy Griffith episode when a Hollywood producer wanted to make a movie in Mayberry. The mayor and the rest of the town wanted to celebrate by cutting down the old oak tree in the town square. In the end, the tree was saved, even though it never appeared again in any following episodes and seasons...
It happened in real life here in Townsend. Chevy Chase’s family vacation came to town and sprayed fake snow all over the village green for a winter scene shoot. The next summer all the trees on the green were dead.