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

By Sharon Jean-Philippe, Professor of Urban Forestry, University of Tennessee

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

After observing how many forestry courses gave students limited chances to learn through hands-on experiences, I attended a workshop to gain tree-climbing skills and brought some of these lessons back to my own university’s new urban forestry program.

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