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Parks Department worker David Besel cleans up around the remains of a giant willow tree that was removed from Pioneer Park.
We wrote last month about the venerable old willow tree that was taken down in Pioneer Park.
The massive, five-trunk tree had been a landmark for generations of Billings residents, but it had grown too rotten and unstable.
On Friday we came upon this scene, this huge pile of pulp coughed up by a stump grinder.
David Besel, a Parks Department employee doing cleanup around what remained of the tree, said taking out the stump was a big chore.
“We’re going to see if we can at least get it down to ground level,” he said.
