WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FOREST?
Sometimes it might just be better to cut down a tree. I saw this sugar maple the other day in Delaware County. “Topping” like this attracts and enhances decay into the tree. If the tree does somehow re-sprout, many of these new unions will be weak and susceptible to breakage if someone in the future has to unfortunately climb up into the tree and work on it.
Ryan Trapani
Director of Forest Services
Catskill Forest Association