Lunch heating up on the truck stovetop. Photo courtesy of Sydney Hudzinski. Being born and raised in Minnesota, I know how rough winters can get. Growing up, I never imagined I would find a career outside. I love winter, but [...]

Sketch by Jerry King. A number of years ago, I met a beautiful red-headed university professor. We went out to a favorite Mexican restaurant for chicken enchiladas, seated at a tiled outdoor patio under resplendent Modesto ash trees (Fraxinus velutina). [...]

This European beech is a memorial tree dedicated to Anne Marie Lyons and located on the east side of Van Munching Hall, right near the entrance to the North Wing. That is just the start of the info about this [...]

Dr. Alex Shigo I was on the Arborists Online Facebook page a while ago and came across postings from a couple of young arborists. They had just received their copies of Dr. Alex Shigo’s books, A New Tree Biology and [...]

Sketch by Jerry King I have lived the life of an athlete. I have lived for the climb. I am a climber. When I started my training in the early ’70s with my father, he told me that as long [...]