This comes as a follow-up to our Plastic Bag in the Tree post from March. A fierce March wind storm left a plastic bag in one of our trees and we were searching for a way to remove it (it's not as easy as you might think!). First, we want to report that the bag is gone! We didn't remove it, and we don't think a city service did either because, unfortunately, a couple of more firmly-planted bags still remain. Wind gusts must have dislodged the bag from the tree. In addition to this news, we now want to turn your attention to Ian Fraizer's writing on the subject and the invention of a solution...
Ian Fraizer and the Bag Snagger
Fraizer wrote about bags in NYC trees back in the 90's and early 00's. From there, he and his friends developed the Bag Snagger. The group set out to remove bags from trees in New York's five boroughs and across the nation. Now, their Bag Snaggers are "...being used by companies and organizations throughout the country, including landfill companies in many states, parks departments such as New York City's Central Park Conservancy, and numerous volunteer organizations dedicated to preserving the health and beauty of trees."
Read more about Fraizer and the Bag Snagger at the New Yorker and Mother Jones. (Thank you to AT reader, Ratita, for tipping us off on Fraizer's work!)
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I've been really tuned into bags stuck in trees this spring - esp flowering trees and wondering if anyone has figured out how to get them down.
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I know the feeling of not being able to get a bag out of a tree. The view from my living room window is a beautiful 80 year old locust tree. About 2 days after I moved in a bag got caught in the tree. I couldn't find any way to get it down. I looked at that bag for nearly 2 years before we finally had the tree trimmed and they got it down.
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looks like a boat-hook.
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