Students branch out and climb trees to learn up close how to care for them and why they help cities flourish

Students who study forestry will read about trees, but they do not often get the chance to climb up into a tree, feel its ...
SFChronicle

Rock-a-bye baby: Student climbers master the treetops / Novices learn to scale the sturdy boughs of southern Oregon's firs and walnut trees

2007-07-08 04:00:00 PDT Cave Junction, Ore.-- "You want to try a bat hang?" Tim asks and flips over in his harness. His feet point straight up. We're about halfway up a 60-foot black walnut, dangling ...
Sixth Tone

Standing Tall: A Runner’s Unlikely Journey to the Top — of Trees

On a hillock on the campus of Xiamen University, a large eucalyptus tree towers above the bamboo grove. A group of men and one woman look up at the maze of silver branches high above their heads. The ...
OPB

PNW arborists go out on a limb at local tree-climbing competition

The Pacific Northwest chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture hosts an annual regional tree climbing competition in a Portland park, where arborists can compete for the chance to ...