Sometime back, there was a discussion on the Burlington Derailed website about trees being cut down at the manor and being left there. A reply to the discussion suggested that someone may have sold the rights to someone to do so. http://burlingtonderailed.com/index.php?itemid=9041
That wasn't the case when I visited the manor for the first time since before the houses were demolished. Here are some photos of the area of interest.
The sign that was placed nearby the logs talks about that the person(s) involved in cutting down and leaving the logs at the location works with Burlington Parks Department Forestry Division. Since the location isn't own by a specific person, its instead owned by the city's government, which still owns the empty Manor property.
After calling the phone number and talking with a representative of the phone line, I found that the post coming from the Burlington Derailed website seemed to be stretching the truth. The logs that were chopped down was from other locations from around the city instead of in the general area. The logs that came from trees were caught down as part of maintenance work. Wood is then brought into the area and is left down.
A person can request to sign a waiver in order to pick up the word and use it for any means. Its not clear whether there is a cost with signing the waiver or its free to pick up the wood.
From driving around in the area, there didn't appear to be any stumps or holes left behind from chopping down the trees. It was clear as well that the wood wasn't removed from its drop-off location.
There is no single person involved in chopping the wood nor is there one that has the rights to chopped down the wood around the area.
