Trees Standing in Way of Boatyard Proposal

PORTLAND — The vacant land along the city's western waterfront has sat unused for nearly half a century. Once host to a coal gasification plant and a thriving cargo terminal, the property now is covered by poplar and birch trees, some as tall as 25 feet, that sprouted from the industrial rubble.Those trees now stand in the way of a new boatyard proposed by Portland businessman Phineas Spragu...