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Page 39 1 ground saturation of water and air, the air 2 filtration through photosynthesis. 3 So that's pretty much where I am coming 4 from. 5 Q. And to preserve trees, you know, one of 6 the -- sometimes the issue of tree roots and the 7 destruction of tree roots therefore could destroy a 8 tree. 9 How far do you have to go, if you know, 10 to protect a tree root if you're going to be doing 11 construction, and where would usually the delineation 12 be here? 13 A. Well, the most accepted standard is to 14 protect the trees within the drip line of the tree. 15 So in other words, the furthest 16 reach -- outreach of the branches covers the majority 17 of a tree's root system. 18 And it's the fibrous roots at the very 19 end that -- that are soaking up the water and the 20 nutrients from the soil. 21 It's, you know, close to the trunks of 22 the trees, within 12 to 15 feet, those are buttress 23 roots that are primarily for the support of the tree 24 under storm conditions. 25 But it's the fibrous routes that go out