PORT Metro Vancouver has had the last word after a test of wills with eagle-supporting protesters on East Esplanade. A nest that neighbours say has been used for two or three years was dismantled early Thursday morning before observers in the area got to work. The port has consulted with a biologist and plans to create an alternative nesting site in the area. The tree is in the path of what will be a re-routed Spirit Trail, part of the Low Level Road expansion project, and will now come down. Should PMV have figured out another way to make the Spirit Trail work?

-Jeremy Shepherd

MIKE LOWE

North Vancouver

"I'm in construction myself. Just coming from my standpoint, I need to pay the bills."

PAUL STEGAVIG

North Vancouver

"Yeah. We should protect wildlife, especially in that area."

RORY CONN

North Vancouver

"I think they should keep it. There's not a lot of eagles left, so we should be preserving them and not messing with their habitat. . . ."

NEIL CAVANAGH

Courtenay

"No. The eagles are going to go somewhere else."

KELLY-ANNE NACY

North Vancouver

"I'm indifferent. I see both sides."