Tree Training in Smith WoodsÂ
Another great fall day in the hometown Smith Woods. Huge trees. I swear the trunks are actually ancient pre-internet-age monsters that ate up the early settlers, as they are FAT, perhaps housing hundreds of bodies..
We taught a two day tree-climbing training this weekend for future tree-instructors at COE. The first day we went over access and rope climbing. The second day: high-angle exploration…at it’s best! It was quite cool. Fall weather, 100 off the deck

Exploring the Sacred: New Research on Ethiopian Church Forests – Honors Thesis by Brook Kelela
Brook Kelela’s honors thesis, “The Clothes of the Church”: The Shared Meanings Around Trees that Drive Forest Conservation in Rural Ethiopia, was recently shared with Dr. Margaret