From left, Eric Massie, Ryan Rastok, Erin Massie and Chris Johnson suspend themselves in a Scotch pine tree in northwest Lawrence on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The four arborists enjoy spending some of ...

Early in my bowhunting career, I set up a ladder stand on top of a ridge that had oaks and plenty of deer sign. On opening morning, I watched a deer parade go down a trail that was 20 yards out of ...

Twenty years ago, David Anderson started climbing trees out of necessity. As a graduate student at Boise State University, he was researching birds in Honduras — but he was missing huge pieces of ...

This weekend, the City of Trees will host high-flying arborists in a tree climbing competition in William Land Park, where the canopy becomes their playing field. The arborists will show off the ...

When preparing to remove a diseased or dead tree, you may need to climb into the tree to remove some limbs before cutting the trunk. You can use a pair of tree-climbing spikes to help you move up the ...