Natalie Beneviat Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. | Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 5:00 a.m. Saying that a recent tree-climbing school was hands-on is a bit of an understatement. As an arboreal activity that ...

Ashley Whittlesey, owner of “That Girl” Tree Care, navigates to the next dead limb as she prunes limbs from an oak tree in a client’s yard in Iowa City, Iowa, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. Whittlesey ...

Editor’s note: This is an edited excerpt from Lynda V. Mapes’ book, “The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests” ($29.95 hardcover), which will be published April 22 by the University ...

Jonathan Houghton, a certified arborist from Hunterdon County, is the New Jersey state tree climbing champion.