This reminds me of the Sycamore Gap tree, which stood in a dip next to Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, UK.
Some fuckers chopped it down.
The National Trust has managed to salvage seeds from the tree hoping they can get saplings to regrow. I'm not sure if they are going to replant them in the same spot but the actual stump is also sprouting shoots. The tree has been there since the 1800s so it was very sad.
Oh God I was in the UK when that happened. Made me feel so ill, I can't hardly imagine what people who loved it felt. Just awful.
Still can't get my head around it.