I had some black walnut trees, a valuable, beautiful wood, that Rice County, KS tore out because they were within their 30 foot right-of-way along a gravel road. No notification, nothing. The county even took the trees. I measured, those trees were forty feet from the center of the road. I don’t think I’ve ever been as angry in my life. Bastards killed my old growth walnut trees. What are my squirrels going to eat?
My parents had an old majestic Oak in their front yard. The gas company ran a new line through part of the root system. The tree was dead in about 5 years.