This was a very sad thing to discover. The tree of utah has been surrounded by a 12 foot fence capped with barbed wire. Supposedly to keep people from vandalizing it. There is not a word or picture you could paint on this sculpture that would be more offensive than the sight of this fence. Todd and I stopped at the tree on our way out to Elko where we are shooting some crazy mine safety exercises that include lots of fire. more on that tomorrow.