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 # Greener Communities: Trees on the Move

 


 

 Jun 13, 2013 1:15 PM ET

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Check out how Cat equipment was used to move a 100-year-old Ghirardi Compton Oak tree to make way for road widening in the **[2012 Caterpillar Sustainability Report.](http://www.caterpillar.com/cda/layout?m=401536&x=7&ids=4360860#CR_largeHeader)**



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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