It's those pesky tree roots throwing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers off their levee fixin' game. Before the engineers can begin flood repairs--all by the federal rule book, of course--King County will have to chop down 150 potentially problematic trees along seven levees. Select trees will be removed from alongside the Green, Snoqualmie, and Raging rivers to strengthen the levees. King County plans to replant 600 trees elsewhere, in the wake of the fallen trees. more ›