Judge mandates pause on tree removal at East Potomac Golf Links
A legal action temporarily halted the National Park Service from removing more trees at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C.,following initial tree-cutting on Saturday. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, appointed by President Biden, issued an order instructing the Trump governance to stop any further tree removal until a hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning. This development is part of a legal dispute between the Trump administration and preservationists aiming to prevent President Trump’s planned renovations of the historic golf course.
A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Park Service from cutting down any more trees at the East Potomac Golf Links after the service began removing hundreds of trees on the golf course on Saturday.
Biden-appointed district judge for the District of Columbia Ana C. Reyes issued a minute order ahead of a 10 a.m. hearing on Monday, ordering the Trump administration to halt the removal of any trees from the Washington, D.C., golf course until Tuesday at 7 a.m. Reyes’s order and hearing came as the latest development in the legal saga between the Trump administration and historic preservationists seeking to stop President Donald Trump from renovating the golf course.
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