Bert the Bluff Oak

I'm Bert. I'm almost 200 years old, and I'm in trouble. #saveourtree #bertwatch Note: I have no thumbs. Posts assisted by @bardiak & @scientistvan

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

@Canopy_Climbers Thank you so much for your meaningful support.

[Jeffrey Schweers @jeffschweers]

Adios, Bert. #BertWatch @saveourbert @UF #sustainability https://t.co/M5jxOJhdvj

[Van Truong @vantru0ng]

@hunterewilliam did a wonderful job on this Bert piece! I hope @UF gives @ForestPathology a cross-section of Bert! https://t.co/nvmKS6P6by

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

Really great piece by @jeffreyschweers who has followed Bert's story since April https://t.co/sm4v710YAH

[GainesvilleSun @GainesvilleSun]

Bert the bluff oak is no more http://t.co/A49yQZgJ2D

[The Alligator @TheAlligator]

Update on Bert: The 140-year-old, 81 foot giant has been completely taken down. #BertWatch

[Matt Stamey @stamey]

No more Bert. #BertWatch

[Van Truong @vantru0ng]

@saveourbert @bardiak @ForestPathology Before and after:

[Van Truong @vantru0ng]

Thank you all for your fighting spirit. Keep on keeping on. Bert, you were worth everything & so much more. #ByeBert

[Christopher Dick, PhD @CwdickD]

.@saveourbert @BrunaLab very sad. UMich transplanted a centuries-old burr oak last year at a cost of $400k https://t.co/Pk9WsFQuoq

[Ali Schmitz @SchmitzMedia]

Bert the Bluff Oak is gone. Hoping @ForestPathology will get a chance to examine Bert. https://t.co/KOtBNNAMS9

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

Plant something - a seed, an idea, a dream - and incredible things may grow. Use your voice in every aspect of your life. Goodbye from Bert!

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

"As well sell the rain clouds & the snow & the rivers to be cut up & carried away, if that were possible."-Muir response to logging sequoias

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

- Robert Baden Powell

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

"But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it.."

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

Dr. Smith visited me in my final moments. Thank you to all my friends for caring and fighting for me and the 30+ other trees. #ByeBert

[Bert the Bluff Oak @saveourbert]

That is so incredibly sad. Thank you for sharing! https://t.co/J70dy9Zwmx

[Ali Schmitz @SchmitzMedia]

Working on @saveourbert's trunk now. A tree that stood for almost 200 years is almost gone. @WUFTNews